>Charles C. Mann who wrote this article is one of my favorite authors. He is not a bee expert, but he is an good storyteller who expertly finds and relates facts and relationships other seems to miss.

Unfortunate that this again promotes Brother Adam's assertion that the native dark bees of the UK were wiped out by the 'Isle of Wight disease'.

In my view, Brother Adam's hybridisation that did far more harm to our native stock than the IOW disease.

However, at long last, the EU now seems to be realising the importance of native, locally-adapted stock with the SMART project.

Best wishes

Peter 
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W

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