>Varroa jacobsoni, an ectoparasitic bee mite, causes extensive damage to 
>Apis mellifera colonies in much of the world, however the original host, 
>Apis cerana is reported as little affected.

" Varroa jaccobsoni causes EXTENSIVE damage to Apis mellifera in much of the 
world"????

Very old research before Denis Anderson discovered  the the worlds varroa 
problem was coming from varroa destructor NOT varroa jacobsoni.

bob 

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