>It is the virus that kills the bees, not the mites, so mite numbers are more reflective of the vectors than the damage the mites cause.

A lot of good science here:

"Synergistic parasite-pathogen interactions mediated by host immunity can drive the collapse of honey bee colonies"

http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1002735

Kind regards,

Ghislain De Roeck,
Belgium.

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