> If mites were controlled we wouldn't be losing bees to the pathogens
> that they vector.
Small point, but the mites do not vector pathogens. They weaken the bee so
any pathogen has a chance. Vector assumes the diseases is with the mite,
such as mosquitoes are a vector of malaria.
Went through this with Tracheal and virus.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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