Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus- Part II- Video

This is a disturbing video I made yesterday from footage I took in mid-May. Its from a hive that is suffering from CBPV, and  I have now moved it a few miles away and isolated it.  I visited it yesterday, and it had even further succumbed. Below is week's worth of dead bees (the hive is disassembled and out of the picture, with maybe a super's left of bees trying to survive without a queen). In any case, its a pretty sure bet that this hive, which two months ago was one of my strongest, has been torpedoed by CBPV.

I wrote letters to the state extension offices. Both offices wrote me nice letters back that they had never seen this before, and had no idea (not their words) about how to treat it, or if the equipment was safe to use again, or if it was contagious. They said I should requeen (the queen was kicked out a month ago). They forwarded my email to the USDA in Maryland, a scientist named Judy Chen, who is on vacation until June.

No one I know, including Jim at Bees Kneez, has dealt with this or heard of it happening. The books and internet have nearly zero information on it, except anecdotal information, and scientific papers on the genetics of it and how it might be passed from bee to bee. But no practical advice. The general idea is that you sometimes see it in a hive, but it goes away, and is no big deal. The books suggest requeening to avoid the susceptible strain of bees to be replaced- but I am doubtful of this (its probably just wishful thinking)- as I believe that I have three hives infected at this point, all with difference genetics (or at least, different queen sources).

An older book in Google Books- from the 1900s  I think- said to burn the hives immediately- like with AFB. But again- that's not repeated in any other book or source, and I will be curious if the USDA has a response, and of course, curious and concerned if this continues to infect other hives. Its possible I am paranoid- maybe the other hives are not infected (I am not seeing the exact same thing in behavior, just high mortality and hairless bees), but I also did not expect an entire strong hive to get wiped out.

I also found a wandering queen in front of another hive yesterday, by chance. I have no idea if there is a connection- but its one of the first things I saw on the hive that succumbed.