>> "Varroa mite [was] found in Indonesia (Oudemans 1904)...
>
> But which mite, V.j. or V.d.?  As far as A.m. is concerned V.j. now seems
> to
> be of little interest.

My understanding is that the varroa that Oudemans described was V.
jacobsoni.  Until recently only VJ was in Java where I think the sample came
from.  I have heard that Java now has VD as bees have been moved between
islands and Apis cerana with VD was moved in from further north.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA
Coming to Apimondia in Australia in 2007?

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