> Greetings
> I read the report on importing bees from NZ and was quite satisfied
> with their discussion of the concerns. They are saying that if there
> were potential drawbacks to importing bees from New Zealand, they
> would have played themselves out long before now, in Canada and in
> the USA as well, since there was no real barrier preventing the
> problems from spilling over into the US.
>
> >Since 1985, Canada has imported honey bees from New Zealand. Because
> >there are currently no restrictions on the importation into the
> >United States of honey bees from Canada, we expect that honey bees
> >from New Zealand have been imported into the continental United
> >States via Canada since that time.

NZ has been supplying bees to Canada since the late 1960s/early 1970s.  i.e.
for over 30 years.

Regards,
Peter Bray
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