Brian Fredericksen wrote:
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4238250.ece
> 
> "For years scientists believed that the deformed wing virus (DWV) was spread by varroa destructor 
> mites, which have invaded and spread infections among honeybee colonies in Britain.

Long ago, tracheal went through this until it was shown that the mite 
was not the vector, so this just re-confirms what was already found 
for tracheal. I think it was Norman Carrick, so they could have 
checked with him.

However, any wound is an entry point for pathogens and mites certainly 
do that.

Just about all the virus now causing problems were found in bee 
colonies long ago, but were never a problem. They were, as was told to 
me, a "laboratory curiosity". Times change.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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