In message <005c01c3c3a6$88c97f40$488f87d9@oemcomputer>, Peter Edwards
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>We now know that the Varroa causing problems for Apis mellifera is Varroa
>destructor and not the original Varroa jacobsonii found on Apis cerana.
>
>Does anyone know if V.d. can, or has, transferred to cerana? If so, can
>cerana cope with it in the same way that it copes with V.j.?
V.d. is just one (or two: Thai and Korean) of the many races of varroa
on cerana. The Korean haplotype is the one we have AFAIK. All the varroa
types or races came from cerana.
--
James Kilty
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