Our bees are supposedly part Ligurian- we are in Adelaide- not so far from Kangaroo Island which is the worlds oldest declared bee sanctuary:
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@jape Others do want them! KI exports many healthy queens and is an important and historic bee sanctuary!
The KI Ligurian bee are an excellent strain said to be the purest Ligurian bee breed left anywhere in the world - they are strong producers- very friendly- disease resistant- and KI honey is highly sought after and commands a premium. The Island retains vast tracts of Native forest providing excellent bee habitat with many wild/feral Ligurian bee colonies as well as native bees.
And the bee sanctuary is certainly no urban myth: it is legislated by the Government in 1885! That legislation is said to be “the first legislation ever passed by a world government to protect anything of nature”! To this day the sanctuary is maintained- with strict laws banning the importation of any used bee equiptment or live bees to the Island. Bees cannot fly there from the mainland either. You can read more about the history of the KI bee sanctuary here:
http://www.island-beehive.com.au/history-of-ligurian-bees.php
to lose one hive would be misfortune- but to lose several sounds like carelessness. 
and ~ they have been thriving on Kangaroo Island since 1884, and I imagine in Liguria for millenia before that back unto the dawn of time. .[quote=“jape, post:24, topic:6215”]
Another amazing thing is that at same legistation did not succceed to protect Tasmanian aborginals in consentration camps
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a black irony for sure. 50 years later the Nazi regime put in place some of the worlds first animal welfare laws. Hitler loved dogs, or at least pretended to. Jesus ate meat, and Pontius Pilot was a vegetarian.
The mix will be from people who have bought from KI - it is too far for the bees to fly that distance
Have to have a laugh rolling all around the floor on that. Pretty much what we are now eh,… mongrel bred.
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In WA we have strict quarantine laws on bees. You cannot import bees, used equipment or unprocessed honey. So I guess our bees are pretty inbred by now.
Jape get a grip fellah. We are talking artificial feeding.
We don’t have any alfalfa in Australia only Lucerne and Kiwi fruit growers hire bee keepers to fertilize the vines and kiwifuit as a fruit grown in Australia is so minuscule to be practically non existent.
You need to lay of the Google it will addle your brain man.
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Hey Jape. Reference please.
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Nah we don’t have no stinking Alfalfa. We only have lucerne. 
I think you flatter yourself if your seeing yourself, as a tall poppy.
Heaven forbid I would try to limit what you speak. When you talk bees you talk sense, but trying to dominate other subjects,…well, probably not your forte.
Found this on another forum, appropriate for this thread me thinks.
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