>>Regarding the importation of Mexican hives, nobody has pointed out the main drawback: These are africanized bees. Nobody will want (or be able) to grade them, you'll end up getting a bunch of junk hives. 

They do some selection for non-aggresiveness with smoke in their AHBs in Mexico:

http://www.beekeeping.com/articles/us/africanized_bee_selection.htm

Similar selection has been successfully done in Africa.

They find their AHBs more productive and more resistant to disease/parasites.  That's great for keeping hives without pesticides/drugs.

We may still not want Mexican hives in the US.  If I'd need smoke to keep them calm, I would not want these bees in my yards.

Waldemar  

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