Bob said:
> What we do know:
> Oudemans was the first scientist to describe and
> name the mite in 1904
> Varroa jacobsoni

Hello,
Yes, described by Oudemans in l904 on Apis cerana, and
not yet in Melliferia.

> Quote  from "The Varroa Handbook" pg. 6
> " No one knows when the parasite came across its new
> victim, the European
> bee Apis mellifera for the first time."


A quote from "New Zealand’s MAF" pg. 9
"...However, by 1963 varroa had jumped species and
could be found on Apis mellifera in the Philippines,
Japan, Vietnam and Russia. On a new honey bee species
that had little resistance to it..."

I know of no record of varroa existing in melliferia
before that date.  From observations of more recent
varroa invasions in several countries,  the earliest
date of varroa in meleferia could be hypothisesed at
1950.  Please inform me if earlier dates have been
recorded.

cheers,













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