>
> >Feeding honey bees concoctions containing small pieces of synthetic RNA
> has not been tried on a large scale, and the approach of selling it to
> beekeepers all over the country seems premature at best.


One thing to keep in mind is that the dsRNA pieces involved are also
naturally produced when a bee is infected with that particular virus.  So
it's not like you are introducing anything into the environment that doesn't
already exist in virtually every bee operation already.

Randy Oliver

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