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Subject mysterious mass BEE DEATHS (possibly) EXPLAINED: virus carried by mites

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the only ones offering this as a reason for the bee decline are the bbc and the OP here.

none of the scientific literature state this is the cause.
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Please guys, stop shooting the messenger! I found this story interesting, i'm not advocating it as necessarily the final word.
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your propogating a well known condition as the cause for the bees decline without any scientific reason.

the bbc has printed an article that hilights some statistical research done in the number of infected bees.

the research doesnt offer it as a reason for the decline in bees.

thats done by the bbc... and now you.

before you know it, poeple will believe this without a shred of evidence or a second thought, and tomorrow people will be saying what?? pesticides killing bees.. no it was that virus.

clear?
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I really wasn't expecting an angry backlash about a simple news article. I apologize if i have somehow offended you.
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the anger is because you have posted it in such a way as to say that this IS DEFINITIVELY the reason for the mass loss of honeybees. change your heading and people might be more inclined to discuss civilly rather than attack you as a poster.
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"A parasitic mite has helped a virus wipe out billions of honeybees across the globe, say scientists.

A team studying honeybees in Hawaii found that the Varroa mite helped spread a particularly nasty strain of a disease called deformed wing virus."

At least there's some idea of what was going on now.

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