Peter wrote
> Ruttner compared isolated Italians from Kangaroo Island, Australia
> and Black Bees from Tasmania, with exactly known importation date
> (1825 and 1835 respectively) with data on ligustica and mellifera
> from Europe.
Just a correction to the date for the A.m. ligustica at Kangaroo Island.
The first introduction was around 1881 with some others a couple of years
later with legislation stopping imports about 1885.
Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA