Hello Allen,

I had a brief visit at the Lusbys. They keep a couple dozen hives in
their home yard in Tucson, with no apparent problems. I brought a couple
of nucs back to Wyoming. One was typical of the kind of bee you would
find in a commercial beeyard. The other was on the hotter side of
average. Not something I would want in my backyard but ok on the farm.

The hotter hive could not be touched or bumped without smoke. With smoke
it was easily controlled. Without smoke it would become vicious and would
attack birds flying overhead if lightly disturbed. For that reason it
meet it's demise.

Their temperament was very much like the Russian hives I've worked.
Except they didn't head but as much.

Two hives and a short visit isn't much of a test. I figure out of the
same batch of queens about 10% will be hotter than I would like and about
the same will be very gentle with the rest average. So, I could have got
an extreme case. But it's my two cents worth.

Regards
Dennis

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