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 > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: T & M Weatherhead [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Gesendet am: Freitag, 30. Janner 1998 06:32 > An: [log in to unmask] > Betreff: Re: Apis dorsata > > 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 > > Those in Asia tell us that Tropilaelaps is a greater threat to Apis mellifera than Varroa. > > Trevor Weatherhead > AUSTRALIA