Aaron Morris wrote:

> Before this blows out of proportion (again), my recollection was there were
> some VERY good reasons (far beyond legalities) why Apis c. is a bad idea
> posted by some knowledgeable contributors (Blane?  Jim Bach?) when the
> discussion took place more than a few years back.

One thing that was discussed back then was that Varroa J was the mite
and even Apis M could deal with it. It was also noted that Apis M and
Apis C were close to each other in the Far East so they both were able
to deal with Varroa.

So why bring Apis C when we have Apis M which has the same tolerance?
Russian bees anyone?

If I recall we are also talking not just about different Varroa but also
about different variants of Apis C. One post from back then was about a
variant of Varroa J which could not survive on Apis M! So it is not as
clear cut as it seems.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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