Bob is playing word games.  No one has said that CCD might not be  related to 
Nosema ceranae.
 
CCD is a symptom.  Ceranae is a pathogen.
 
The Spanish reports of ceranae symptoms don't match all of the CCD  symptoms, 
but I've seen CCD, and I've seen the Nosema ceranae symptoms exactly  as 
reported by the Spanish - the two are similar, but not the same.   I've confirmed 
that the microsporidian was in astonishingly high levels in the  colonies with 
the Spanish symptoms.
 
Personally, I think Nosema ceranae has a role to play in CCD, maybe similar  
to the relationship of mites and viruses.  So, Bob's word games are  trying to 
say that CCD is not the disorder caused by Nosema ceranae.  I'm  not ready to 
say that - it may/may not be.
 
Jerry



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