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>What do you make of that?
Experience has shown over and over that the odds of reducing an infestation to zero is usually a fool's errand when the disease or pest is not visible or detectable on early infection, and where the infections or infestations have many possible reservoirs that are scattered in space and nature, and where methods of transmission are not easily seen, understood, and observed. We can see a skunk or a bear going from hive to hive and yard to yard but we have trouble spotting mites and viruses on the move.
We have seen with both tracheal and varroa -- and Tropilaelaps so far -- that natural barriers hold off the spread but human efforts usually fail.
Efforts at eradication may work locally and/or for a short time, and especially if the first case or cases are located and isolated, but various factors including human nature and politics are likely to result in breaches of any temporary bulkhead once the pest is spreading.
While ramparts and rearguard skirmishes may slow the advance, the best approach is to quickly develop ways to reduce harms by controlling either the pest or the effects of the pest or both.
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