> 
> Do you allow queens or package bees into Saudi Arabia and *if so* what can 
> you tell us about the import?  
> Do you import carni queens? If so from what country?
> 
> I, my self, have imported italian and carni queens from Australia in 2003, and it is allowed here to import bees or queens from most countries (Packge bees only). Most of our imported bees come now from Egypt (about 360 tons of bees a year). The official requirements as for any living animal is that you (as exporter) have to accompany your shipment with a certificate of origin and a certificate of health that the bees were checked for bee diseases and especially treated for Varroa within the last 2 weeks.One point is that the imported bees from Egypt is not pure carniolan of course, and beekeepers in the south of Saudi Arabia (where bkping is traditionally practiced using A.m.jemenitica) are not allowing imported bees to come to their regions because of high tendency of rubbing behavior in the imported bees. They attack the native bees in their traditional hives once they get into the area! So, most of the imported bees mannaged in other regions especially in the centeral and northern regions of SA. Thanks, A. Alqarni 		 	   		  
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