Beekeeping in New Zealand, raport 62 p

Finman · Jan 31, 2010

https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/downloads/08-060.pdf

A Study of New Zealand
Beekeeping – Lessons for
Australia

July 2008

hedgerow pete · Jan 31, 2010

i had not realised that oz is still varroa free, good for them

Finman · Jan 31, 2010

hedgerow pete said:
i had not realised that oz is still varroa free, good for them

Oz is a fantasy region containing four lands under the rule of one monarch.

I did not know that AU is OZ. I thought that it was NZ.

VEG · Jan 31, 2010

Australia may not varroa free for much longer.
Taken from bee mail

AUSTRALIAN authorities are concerned by the discovery of two
swarms of Asian bees in Queensland.
Searches are being carried out to see if the latest colony is linked to
a swarm found in August and if there are others between the two sites.
It is feared the bees could bring varroa and Nosema ceranae to
Australia, which has so far remained free of the pest.

Finman · Jan 31, 2010

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All varroa do not attach mellifera. It depends on what varroa it is.

But it is time question when.

This interesting, an old research 1988 http://www.culturaapicola.com.ar/apuntes/revistaselectronicas/apidologie/19-3/03.pdf

It is clearly demonstrated that Varroa jacobsoni can reproduce in both
worker and drone cells of Apis cerana, though there is a preference for drone
brood.

( but was it later named V. destructor or what?)
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