Be aware of transfer asian bee races to other continents!!!
Tropilaelaps clarae and Euvarroa sinhai will bring much more troubles to us than Varroa .
Peter Fruehwirth
Queen breeding station for Original Austrian Carniolan Queens
Austria
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> Von:  T & M Weatherhead [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Gesendet am:  Freitag, 30. Janner 1998 06:32
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> Betreff:      Re: Apis dorsata
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> Caution to those who are wanting to look at Apis dorsata.
> I think I read somehwere were Apis dorsata is the natural host of Tropilaelaps clareae
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> Those in Asia tell us that Tropilaelaps is a greater threat to Apis mellifera than Varroa.
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> Trevor Weatherhead
> AUSTRALIA