On 17-Dec-16, at 8:01 AM, Peter Borst wrote:

> Varroa destructor Mites Can Nimbly Climb from Flowers onto Foraging  
> Honey Bees

Hi Peter and All

Brampton Ontario was nicknamed Rosetown prior to the mid 70s,  due to  
the large acreage under glass  producing cut flowers.  The green  
houses are mostly gone and local cut flower retailers sell imported  
roses etc.  As the paper states, a live mite was found on a flower  
shipped from Holland.  Could this be the suspected original route of  
mites to North America?  How do border officials protect against this  
kind of importation?  What other pests have or will be imported in  
this manner.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W
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