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<DIV> </DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>This ezine is also available online at <A title=http://home.ezezine.com/1636/1636-2011.01.18.09.22.archive.html href="http://home.ezezine.com/1636/1636-2011.01.18.09.22.archive.html">http://home.ezezine.com/1636/1636-2011.01.18.09.22.archive.html</A><BR><BR>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=7>CATCH
THE BUZZ </FONT></P>
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=5>AIA
Speaks Up About American Beekeeping Issues</FONT></P>
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri>At the recent
North American Bee Conference in Galveston, the Apiary Inspectors put their
collective heads together and came up with the resolutions here. I’ve removed
many of the therefore's and whereases and such to make it easier
reading…Now you know what these good folks are up to. I sat in on a good part
of their meeting and learned much. </FONT></P>
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face=Calibri>African
Honey Bees
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri> First:
The recent introduction of AHB into Georgia threatens a major honey bee
package and queen production industry in the United States, threatening the
confidence of that industry to meet the demand for gentle honey bee queens and
package bees for both commercial and small scale beekeepers. </FONT></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri>In order to
meet the demand for honey bee production, the Apiary Inspectors of America do
resolve: </FONT></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri>1. The United
States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) or
USDA-APHIS PPQ identify and determine that the <B>Africanized Honey bee
subspecies is a pest to European lines of honey bees</B> traditionally managed
in the United States, and a threat to both human and animal health. AIA
members believe that such a declaration will allow states to take appropriate
steps to regulate the AHB subspecies as a pest. </FONT></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri>2. The
USDA-ARS shall develop AHB detection techniques to replace the cumbersome
USDA-ID identification tool. Among techniques to be recommended are the “Small
SNP Array” being developed by Dr. Jay Evans of USDA-ARS, and the
“Identification of Africanized Honey Bees through Wing Morphometrics” being
developed by Dr. David DeJong. Both of these techniques show promise to
provide accurate and time efficient determination where the identification of
AHB is needed. </FONT></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri>3. As the
USDA-ARS evaluates new techniques for AHB determination, the AIA agrees to
assist in the dissemination of training on these techniques to member states.
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face=Calibri>Baseline
Survey
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri> Second:
The U.S. beekeeping industry is vulnerable to exotic pests and the USDA should
take stricter measures to prevent their introduction. But first, a baseline of
honey bee diseases, parasites and other pests of honey bees must be
established to adhere to international policy and trade agreements in order to
restrict movement of honey bees into the U.S. </FONT></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri>The Apiary
Inspectors urgently request USDA, both APHIS and ARS, to fund and continue to
implement surveys of honey bee colonies not only for <I>Tropilaelaps
clareae</I>, but for virus complexes, varroa species and their variants as
well as other organisms capable of adversely affecting honey bee health. Such
survey should continue to utilize current infrastructure among cooperating
state agencies to collect and prepare samples for USDA analysis. Assuming
state cooperation, AIA requests that adequate funding be approved for this
much needed baseline survey which began in 2009. </FONT></P>
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face=Calibri>Restricting
Imports
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri> Third:
The Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA) appreciates the action taken by
USDA-APHIS to close the United States border to further introduction of
honeybee queens and packages from Australia. Surveys conducted by USDA-APHIS
and AIA members show that the <I>Apis cerana</I> honey bee and Slow Paralysis
Virus which has been reported in Australia do not occur in the US. </FONT></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri>At the same
time AIA would like to express concern that APHIS is giving consideration to
allowing honey bee importation from Argentina, Brazil and/or Chile.
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri>Imported
honeybees have been used to supplement domestic honey bees for almond
pollination in California. However, the market is relatively small while the
risk of introducing a new bee pathogen when most of the US bees are in
California could have widespread consequences. With US bee losses
of 32-35% attributed to viruses and other pathogens it would be careless to
introduce a new problem. </FONT></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 1.3pt"><FONT face=Calibri>AIA Wants:
1) USDA-APHIS PPQ protect American agriculture by keeping our borders
closed to honey bee introductions until such time as science can identify the
impact of viruses and other pathogens to beekeeping. And, 2) That USDA-APHIS
PPQ enter into trade discussions with North American Plant Protection
Organization (NAPPO) members encouraging NAPPO to unilaterally protect North
American beekeeping from the risk of pathogen introduction into North America
– especially NAPPO members to agree to uniform arguments on acceptance of
queen bees and packages into NAPPO member states. </FONT></P>
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