-- Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>SBV affects adult bees without causing obvious signs of disease, but the infected adult bees may have a decreased life span.

i'm curious...does this mean that "we don't know if the virus decreases the lifespan of adult bees or not"  or "in some cases, the lifespan of adult bees is decreased".

these are very different things, and the above quote is ambiguous.

deknow

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