Hi Bee-L folks:
 
From the last 'friendly discussion' between David, Pure Jane, and some other
concerned beekepers. I would like to see the calories in the donut,
therefore I will explain myself a bit:
 
>Pure Jane wrote:
>...all the dirty were from poorer
>countries and ignore the facts the health conditions are being stressed
>in our countries and all the living things that imported and exported
>should pass a strict examination...
 
1) Born and bred in Mexico, I know first had that sometimes (if not always)
the regulations (if any) are just pure ink on a sheet of paper. In Mexico,
if you know how to pull the right strings, you can even get yourself an
authentic Death Certificate from a Qualified Practitioner.
 
>Mauricio Montes-Castillo wrote>
>Ohh No!!!! I can foresee some Tropilaelaps on the way.....
 
In a very interesting article that Andy-OLd Drone was kind to post for us
about Tropilaelaps clareae survivability, writen by  J. Woyke and S. Chen,
the introduction reads...
 
"Tropilaelaps clareae is more dangerous parasitic mite of Apis mellifera,
than Varroa jacobsonii is (Woyke 1984). Therefore it is important to know
its biology...."
 
Having suffered on my own bees (Mexico 1982-1988) the damage caused by the
nasty vampire mites, I perfectly understand the concern and anger of some
beekeepers when we contemplate the irresponsible movement of live animals
between countries and even worse, between continents.
It looks to me that the same story is about to be repeated, that is how the
AHB, Acarapis, Varroa and the like got to the American Continent.
I dont want to be pesimistic but I realy wish that with one apology I could
solve all the problems the North-South American beekeeping industry is
facing now.
Yours
 
Mauricio
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Erie wrote
 
2)
 
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"The optimist sees the donut...the pessimist sees the hole...
   but the realist sees the calories." -Anonimous-
 
Mauricio Montes Castillo (DVM, M.Ag.)                   Ph:  (617) 3365-2580
Dept. of Farm Animal Medicine & Production              FAX: (617) 3365-1288
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD 4072
Australia.