[Pollinator] Australian Bees Supposedly Banned From the US - CATCH THE BUZZ reports

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CATCH  THE BUZZ 
Australian  Bees Supposedly Banned From U.S.  
An  Editorial: 
The  Almond Board today sent the message below  to their handlers. We do 
not yet  have confirmation from USDA APHIS and are awaiting official word. But 
if honey  bee importation from Australia is halted, as we have felt it 
should be from the  beginning, the push for bees from somewhere else will 
intensify. Mention has  been made of bees from Mexico or from Canada. The 
negotiations and dealing to  make either of those work will be interesting to watch. 
 
If  African bees from Mexico are allowed to come to the U.S., will they 
cause  problems in orchards? Will they come as colonies and return, or as 
packages and  simply stay here like the bees from OZ?  
Would  Canada allow U. S. bees to venture north, as honey producers, 
pollinators or  simply as queens in return for the chance at California’s Gold? 
Would they bring  colonies down early in the season…like next month…to 
overwinter in preparation  for spring?  
But  would any of them actually want to come to Almond country and take the 
CCD  gamble?  
But  the biggest question of all...Will there be enough U.S. bees next 
spring to meet  the needs of the Almond Industry?  
These  scenarios bring out the good, the bad and the ugly side of all of 
this. Please  stay tuned, the outcome will affect your beekeeping and honey 
packing business  this season.  
>From  The Almond Board to their Handlers:  
We  received a heads up that USDA’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection 
Service  (APHIS) will be halting the importation of all honey bees from 
Australia. The  ban will take effect the date the Federal Register Notice appears, 
which should  be in the next 2 weeks.  
APHIS  reconsidered the potential risk that imported Australian honey bees 
may pose of  introducing new pests and diseases to honey bees in the U.S. 
Based on the  continuing spread of a non-native bee (Apis cerana) in Australia 
and the  uncertainties about what new viral diseases it may be spreading 
among bee  populations in Australia, APHIS believes honey bee imports from 
Australia pose  an unacceptable risk of introducing new diseases in the United 
States.   
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