Wayne Wehling

You can obtain a complete copy of the assessment at www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/pra/honeybees/ , or by contacting Wayne Wehling,, Entomologist, PPQ, APHIS, USDA, 4700 river Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737.

Following are excerpts from the assessment...The honey bee is not indigenous to Australia and was first imported into New South Wales in 1822 and Western Australia in 1866.Australia allows, with proper permits, the commercial importation for honey bees from Austria, Canada, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Poland, the United Kingdom, the U.S., the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union, Croatia, Slovenia, former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

The African honey bee and its hybrids are not known to occur in Australia.The Asian honey bee, Apis cerana, spread to the Australian islands in the Torres Strait in January 1992.

You can obtain a complete copy of the assessment at www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/pra/honeybees/ , or by contacting Wayne Wehling,, Entomologist, PPQ, APHIS, USDA, 4700 river Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737.

Following are excerpts from the assessment...The honey bee is not indigenous to Australia and was first imported into New South Wales in 1822 and Western Australia in 1866.Australia allows, with proper permits, the commercial importation for honey bees from Austria, Canada, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Poland, the United Kingdom, the U.S., the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union, Croatia, Slovenia, former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

The African honey bee and its hybrids are not known to occur in Australia.The Asian honey bee, Apis cerana, spread to the Australian islands in the Torres Strait in January 1992.