Hi, all,
I just wanted to be sure I got the basic facts right.
At this point, it would appear that varroa mites are basically endemic in honey bees in America, whether feral or kept as livestock?
The mites themselves don't directly kill honey bees, they just make them more susceptible to deformed wing virus?
Deformed wing virus doesn't directly kill a bee, but causes obvious problems with their ability to function?
We don't focus much on treating the deformed wing virus because the treatments for mites are more practical or perhaps there isn't a clear treatment for the virus?
Regards,
Thomas
I just wanted to be sure I got the basic facts right.
At this point, it would appear that varroa mites are basically endemic in honey bees in America, whether feral or kept as livestock?
The mites themselves don't directly kill honey bees, they just make them more susceptible to deformed wing virus?
Deformed wing virus doesn't directly kill a bee, but causes obvious problems with their ability to function?
We don't focus much on treating the deformed wing virus because the treatments for mites are more practical or perhaps there isn't a clear treatment for the virus?
Regards,
Thomas