>
> >Some of the work on DWV replication in varroa has already been done.
>

Every study that has claimed that DWV is able to replicate in varroa tissue
is based upon circumstantial evidence, not hard data, save one single
study, that suggests that DWV appeared to replicate in varroa brain tissue
(which would indicate an unusually different tissue tropism than the virus
exhibits in insects.

On the other hand, there are a number of studies that strongly indicate
that DWV does not replicate in varroa tissue, only in the bee fat body
tissue existing in the mite's gut lumen.

This is a contentious topic among those studying DWV.

>If it turns out that SBV and BQCV outcompete DWV, an interesting area of
study would be how to use them as an anti-viral.

Bill, you may have reversed the logic on that...

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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