>>> Makes one wonder about possible Africanization.

 > The above is speculation.  When you look at the evidence, experts at 
Penn  State have been vigilant  concerning testing for AHB influence.

Again, I ask what that means.

At what percentage of AHB would a hive or a bee be considered 
Africanized, or to have "AHB influence?

What is the basis for comparison?

There is no way that any informed person can believe that bees from AHB 
areas AHB have not been distributed around the US and, in fact, I 
believe have had references to that fact here already.   I have personal 
knowledge of some such movements.

Dee insists (or insisted) that here bee were (are?) not Africanized 
although she collected swarms from Tucson golf courses.  Swarms had 
recently ballooned in number when AHB moved in and those swarms were a 
part of their second recovery from losses.  The lab in the same town 
verified that the area was completely Africanized.   I've been to the 
lab a number of times and discussed this and seen first hand.

The term, "Africanized" is a black and white term, so to speak, and very 
political.  Perhaps it is uniquely so in the USA where people were 
classified as Africanized or not within living memory -- and treated 
very differently ion that very artificial basis, as are bees currently.

What does Africanization in honey bees _mean_, and _how is it measured_?

With what certainty?

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