"* They have not proven a causal relationship between any infectious
agent and CCD; nonetheless, the prevalence of IAPV sequences in CCD operations, as well as the temporal and geographic overlap of CCD and importation of IAPV infected bees (Is this a statement of fact backed up by documentation, or is it a supposition?), indicate that IAPV is a significant marker for CCD.

from:
"A Metagenomic Survey of Microbes in Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder"
Diana L. Cox-Foster, et al.

www.sciencexpress.org
6 September 2007
Mike from LA

       
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