Kevin P. Sargent wrote:
WHICH IS THE WORST TO HAVE:
   1. AFRICANIZED HONEY BEES
   2. AMERICAN FOULBROOD
   3. EUROPEAN FOULBROOD
   4. MITES QO BEETLES
PLEASE POST IN ORDER YOUR #1 WORST TO YOUR #4 WORST TO HAVE OR GET?

AND LIST HOW WE CAN STOP THE SPREAD OF THEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.  THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME

reply from Lorenzo Lorraine Straincloth, Jr. III
University of MustConfess Destiny
Comparative Analysis of Beehive Plagues

If a beekeeper on an island has nothing to eat but honey he can live...
           six months
honey and bananas...                 twelve months
honey, bananas, and milk...        eighteen months

Then he commits suicide at the sight of his next meal.

The beehive on the island gets
AFB, or EFB...                 dies in six months
gets the lesser hive beetle... dies the first
                               time it's kicked
(greater hive beetle?)...      hasn't reached the
                               island yet
gets varroa...                 dies in three years
gets tracheal mite...          lives indefinitely
get African honey bee...       beekeeper leaves
                               the island
Best way to stop the spread of diseases?
Eat honey, bananas and milk for eighteen months.
Hope this helps.
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