>>"ALL* feral honeybee colonies, and particularly swarms, should be
eradicated.  Their concern though is not regarding the spread of disease
among kept colonies, but rather the proliferation Africanized bees in that
region

There has already been a case where feral swarms were trapped in central Florida and carried up to west central Georgia.   A stinging incident resulted which exposed the venture and all the colonies were destroyed.  Here is a case where ignorance or disregard for directives (laws?) occurred and a totally unnecessary expansion of AHB territory almost occurred.  We were lucky in this case.  There is a reason why policies are issued, especially in the case of swarms from the Florida area.

Mike in LA



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