They could find no positve correlation between varroa levels and viruses.
> "In fact, many colonies that ...tested positive for IAPV or KBV had low or
> nontectectable Varroa mite infestation levels."
>
> Is this all becoming clear to everyone? Sure isn't to me!
Virus have always been detectable in bees, even before tracheal and Varroa,
but they were not a problem.They were a "lab curiosity"
So you can have virus and no problem.
The correlation is the wrong way. Is there a correlation between the
combination of Varroa and virus and also between Varroa and other pathogens
and colony death? Obviously there is.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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