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Subject:
"grooming" behavior [was Re: varroa collapse]
From:
Paul Nicholson <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 2 Mar 1999 20:07:47 -0800
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At 8:03 +0800 3/3/99, Joel F. Magsaysay wrote:
>Varroa is endemic to South East Asia. We have had it here in the Philippines
>forever. Our local honeybees: a. florea, a. cerana and a. dorsata seem to
>have evolved some sort of "grooming" behavior, which allows them to survive
>and thrive.
 
I'd be curious to know how successful beekeeping with the above species is
compared to a. mellifera. Are they kept by Phillipino beekeepers and how do
they compare?
 
Paul

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