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James Kilty <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:22:03 +0000
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In message <005c01c3c3a6$88c97f40$488f87d9@oemcomputer>, Peter Edwards
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>We now know that the Varroa causing problems for Apis mellifera is Varroa
>destructor and not the original Varroa jacobsonii found on Apis cerana.
>
>Does anyone know if V.d. can, or has, transferred to cerana?  If so, can
>cerana cope with it in the same way that it copes with V.j.?
V.d. is just one (or two: Thai and Korean) of the many races of varroa
on cerana. The Korean haplotype is the one we have AFAIK. All the varroa
types or races came from cerana.
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James Kilty

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