On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:46:14 -0800, Dee Lusby <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>So the chinese did bring varroa to Africa way back then and
>America too on the world wide trips in 1421. This is good
>Trevor, for I think too that the mites could/may/might have
>been here along

Trevor did not say nor imply that Chinese brought bees and mites to America.
Not only is there a huge body of work produced by thousands of people over
many decades to prove this never happened -- there is not one speck of
evidence presented by you or anyone else to even suggest that it ever did.

There were bees in America before the Europeans and Asians arrived. None of
these bees is Apis. Bees were brought to America by settlers, but none of
those bees were from China. There is not now, nor ever has been, an
established population of Apis cerana in the Americas. The introduction of
varroa into the US is fully documented and did not take place before 1980.

I assume you're continuing this thread to support your contention that there
are wild bees in the hills of Arizona that are not the descendents of the
bees that were brought by the Spanish. So far, the only support you have
offered is the presence of some cave paintings in the Southwest US. Perhaps
you can share photos of these so we can make up our own minds about them.

Glass

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