Brian Fredericksen wrote:
> This months May 2007 Bee Culture issue in Steve Sheppard's columm page 21 makes a compelling 
> argument that Australian imports have never had any Tracheal exposure and having them installed 
> in almonds near the major Cailfornia queen breeding areas could create a new round of tracheal 
> susceptibility in the USA if their drones mate with CA queens being shipped later aroudn the 
> country. 
>   

That is one of the reasons given for the upsurge in Tracheal in Maine 
over the past few years. Our "native" bee has gone through the rigors of 
Tracheal and Varroa but we bring in a bee that has seen neither. That 
scenario invites a crash.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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