Like we needed another problem.....

BjornBee · February 17, 2012, 09:09:35 AM

http://www.wvec.com/news/Pest-that-could-devestate-honey-bees-intercepted-in-Norfolk-139407223.html

FRAMEshift · February 17, 2012, 09:42:14 AM

Why is the Red Mason bee a threat? Or is it the mites? Do bees in the UK have mites that are not already here?

backyard warrior · February 17, 2012, 12:54:57 PM

Perfect example why global trading isnt a good thing thank the goverment and your greedy share holders and politicians for more than half the problems that are brought into the country.

Vance G · February 17, 2012, 08:07:48 PM

What color tinfoil is that hat sport? Without that global trade, are you going to choose which millions die of starvation?

kingbee · February 17, 2012, 09:19:38 PM

Quote from: Vance G on February 17, 2012, 08:07:48 PM... What color tinfoil is that hat sport?...

Not intending to hijack this thread V.G. but if what you suggested about a starving world population ever comes true, I would not want my neighbors to know that I kept bees. They may think that I had a hand in their unfortunate circumstances and come looking for me.

Ok, back to the red mason bee and what mites that might be on a red mason bee.

FRAMEshift · February 17, 2012, 09:46:09 PM

All I have found is a reference saying that the Red Mason has non-varroa mites that are deadly for it. Nothing on exactly what that mite is or whether it can infect honey bees.

BjornBee · February 17, 2012, 10:25:08 PM

My mason bees (as well as all mason bees) already have a non-varroa mites. Maybe a new mite, I am not sure.

AllenF · February 17, 2012, 10:37:17 PM

Mites, virus, or just some bug they carry that can be deadly to the bees. Think about how many native people around the world have been wiped out by the common cold.