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Re: Distance bees fly over water
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John Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 4 May 2000 14:29:08 -0700
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Adrian Wenner wrote:

> Trevor Weatherhead noted:
>
> >We have a natural barrier by sea of 35 kilometres (about 22 miles) between
> >islands that the Asian bees (Apis cerana) from Papua New Guinea have not
> >breached.

<snips>

>
>   Santa Rosa Island, less than 10 km west, has never had honey bees
> --- despite the short distance between those islands.

I still wonder about Trinidad - was the source of the AHB there ever established
??
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John F. Edwards
Agricultural Research Service - USDA
Tucson, Arizona 85719
32.27495 N
110.9402 W
http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/home/edwards/edwards.html

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