At 8:03 +0800 3/3/99, Joel F. Magsaysay wrote:
>Varroa is endemic to South East Asia. We have had it here in the Philippines
>forever. Our local honeybees: a. florea, a. cerana and a. dorsata seem to
>have evolved some sort of "grooming" behavior, which allows them to survive
>and thrive.
I'd be curious to know how successful beekeeping with the above species is
compared to a. mellifera. Are they kept by Phillipino beekeepers and how do
they compare?
Paul