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Re: adaptive decreased virulence of deformed wing virus

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Russ Litsinger <[log in to unmask]>

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Tue, 31 Oct 2023 15:21:20 -0500

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>Occam’s Razor favors the simpler explanation: mite virulence reflects changes in the mites, not the bees. 

No argument on balance - simply pointing out that this is a legitimate theory of what is going on, but I am not aware of much research to-date that supports the theory.

There does however appear to be some research suggesting that mite populations between resistant and non-resistant (or possibly non-treated and treated stocks) are different - why appears to remain a mystery begging for more research.

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