Hello Bob and All

Bob wrote:.
>
> I am on the front lines of varroa. Incorrect information makes problems
> harder to solve.

That is a VERY correct statement.

Before this subject goes the wrong way any more. I sugest reading, Honey Be
Pathology by L. Bailey & Brenda Ball.
Second Edition. Harcourt Brace  1991.
I did get a copy, when it first came out because I knew that a virus was
killing my bees. I did communicate with Brenda Ball on the subject. The
problems with the 22+ known bee viruses at the time. How they were vectored
by varroa and why we could not stop that from happening.
This is not something that just hangs in a hive It is all over the place.DWV
has some differences in there coat proteins and they are distantly related
to Egypt bee virus.
Some stains of bees are more susceptibile to certain viruses.  Working with
the bees to solve the problem may have a chance.
Most of all other testing has been done and even with T. Rinderer in the US.
Honey Bee Pathology will stick to the facts ans science. That will help the
list
Thank You
Roy Nettlebeck
Tahuya River Apiaries Tahuya Wa. 98588

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