Israeli acute paralysis virus was discovered in 2002 in dead bees from Israeli colonies by virologist Ilan Sela of the University of Jerusalem. In experiments reported this summer (2007?), Sela found that injecting the virus into bees killed 98% of recipients within days.
    
QUERY:  Had the Israelies imported bees from Austrailia at the time of, or prior to, the kill-offs which led to the discovery of IAPV?  From where does the virus seem to originate?

Mike in LA

       
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