Geographical+distribution+of+Varroa+(PRM)


 * Geographical distribution of //Varroa//**

//Varroa// mites were found parasitising European honey bees as early as 1952 in the USSR. The mite then spreadextremley quickly, with many cases of infestations recorded in Japan, China and Pakistan just a few years later. It appears that the mite then hit Eastern Europe, with infestations recorded in the sixties. The mite reared its head in western Europe and even South America in the seventies. It was in the late eighties that the mite inevitably turned up in the United States.

Today, it is widely assumed that it would be extremely difficult to find an //A. mellifera// colony outside Australia that is free from //V. destructor// (AQIS, 2009).

Current //Varroa// global distribution as of 2010. Source: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/bees/varroa_mite.htm