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Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Packer Organic Honey and Labeling
Waldemar asks:
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> Anybody know what races of bees the Chinese keep and how they cope with
> varroa?
The native bee in China is Apis cerana. They also keep imported Apis
mellifera
Re varroa, I quote: "The native Chinese bees do not have the same
problems," says Dr. Xiaolong Yang, post doctoral researcher in entomology
and plant pathology, who raised bees in China. "I do not recall seeing
deformed wing bees in the Chinese bee. Chinese honey bees have grooming
behavior which can remove the mites from the bees. They get rid of the
mites."
Source:
http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2005/05/17/bee_mites_suppress_bee_immunity_open_door_for_viruses_and_bacteria.html
John Howe
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