> and now very rarely see any deformed wings.
The observation of deformed wings is a poor indicator of virus loads.
"only a fraction of DWV positive bees develop deformed wings." -- Brettell, L. E., Mordecai, G. J., Schroeder, D. C., Jones, I. M., Da Silva, J. R., Vicente-Rubiano, M., & Martin, S. J. (2017). A comparison of deformed wing virus in deformed and asymptomatic honey bees. Insects, 8(1), 28.
***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
|