Hi Dick > Wrapped up in the quote is an important point, that any race, whatever > it may be, in a pure and stable state tends to be docile. > > AM Scutellata. Even Scuts can be mollified with selection of the best and culling of the worst, there was a correspondent on this list a few years ago doing just this. However the word docile in this case might have to be used relatively rather than absolutely. Because the starting point is so bad it will take more years of such selection to achieve a tame bee. -- Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman or http://www.dave-cushman.net Short FallBack M/c, Build 6.02/3.1 (stable) ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************