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Subject:	Re: Oxalic Acid damage
From:	Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 4 Jan 2018 16:23:07 -0500
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> I am in complete agreement that the extinction of A. mellifera is extremely unlikely, certainly any time soon

Yes, but -- it could easily go extinct in some regions where it is was native, such as Northern Europe. You could have a situation where there might be 1% of what there are now. Not extinct, maybe, but you would hardly ever see one.

But we will never know because of beekeeping practices which prevent die-off or allow repopulation from southern regions, or regions that do not have varroa. The very discussion of honey bee extinction is witless, IMHO.

PLB

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