As we have pointed out time and again, it is next to impossible to keep European bees in an area that is completely Africanized, like the Yucatan, or southern Arizona. It would certainly require an influx of pure EHB and continual requeening. Collecting swarms, walk away splits, using open mated cells -- all these techniques are the royal road to acquiring localized stock. The localized stock of the Sonoran Desert in Africanized. All of this is fully documented in the Archives and not new. Furthermore, the bees mentioned have been tested; the operator believes the testing is flawed and proves nothing. The scientists are all fools, have Faith in the small cell and all will turn out famously in the long run. pb *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html