In article <[log in to unmask]>, Tony Dixon
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> Vancouver Island was embargoed for honey bees
>because the Island was mite free and it was believed that by stopping the
>movement of bees and bee equipment onto the Island it could stay that way.
>This last year Varroa has made it here, probably on a vehicle or in freight.
>I hope not because of a thoughtless beekeeper.
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>Despite all counter measures our Governments can devise, and in this case a
>20 mile water barrier, mites still spread.
 
This sounds very much like the attempts at keeping varroa out of the UK.
The last I heard, it had spread all the way up to Scotland. When will
governments learn that such schemes can only be relied upon as a
delaying mechanism at best?
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Paul Walton
Bedfordshire, England
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