Implications for world apiculture

New V. destructor haplotypes that colonize
A. mellifera may show slight differences in
their life cycles, which cause them to become
more virulent than the current K1-1 and J1-1. 

These observations caution
against the free movement of honeybees
and signal the need for strict and proper quarantine
for the trade of live honeybees between
countries.

New Asian types of Varroa destructor: 
a potential new threat for world apiculture
www.apidologie.org

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