Bill Truesdell wrote:
Another interesting supposition that I will put forth is based on the
fact that there is more than one species of Varroa and both are in the
US. That caused confusion in the beginning because Varroa destructor was
mis-identified as Varroa jacobsoni. In fact, there are two more Varroa
species that are known. So maybe Varroa j can crowd out Varroa d. or
maybe there is one or more other Varroa out there confusing the
dynamics.


Really? I thought varroa J could not reproduce on the european honeybee.
I have read this quoted by Dr Anderson more than once.
So what is varroa jacobsoni living and reproducing on in th US? Or is
there another varroa I haven't considered?

Kevin Gibbs.
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