> The USDA, ARS Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics & Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge, LA imported various stocks of honey bees from around the world for research purposes since the late 1980's. All imported queens were quarantined in colonies for 4-6 months at the USDA, ARS Honey Bee Quarantine Station located on Grand Terre Island, LA. This barrier island is an ideal quarantine site because it is separated from mainland honey bee populations by about 25 miles of coastal estuaries where no feral honey bees live. Imports originated from the former Yugoslavia in 1989, Great Britain in 1990, and most recently, from the Primorye Territory of far-eastern Russia in 1997 and each year during 1999-2001. 

Source: Imported Russian Honey Bees: Quarantine and Initial Selection for Varroa Resistance. ABJ August 2002. Harris, Jeffrey, et al

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