>>Steve Pearce wrote.
>Once introduced, alien germplasm will be very difficult to remove from a
>population of honeybees, where it is impossible to contain or totally
>control the matings with the native/feral population. This is not so
>important for instance in cattle semen importation, as the offspring are
>not going to range around the countryside uncontrollably, or hide up
>trees etc.
 
I am suprised that no-one has remembered the fiasco of unrestrained importation.
Firstly, the bees imported into Brazil.
         Secondly, somebody, somewhere brought in both T-mite and Varroa,
both of which needed a host to get across the pond.
        Even now some are stupid enough to import bees even while there are
quarantines in operation. Only recently a guy was fined over $500 CDN, he
was found to have queens in his pocket, brought into British Columbia from
California. Some never seem to learn!!!
 
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