Hello Peter

Evidently there has being a communication lapsus in  regards to the Puerto 
Rico Africanised Honey bees somehow, but the truth of  the matter is that we 
have the same bees now found in the most  southern part of the US which is a 
hybrid AHB, which is nothing more than a  cross from an European queen with an 
africanised Drones, thus far giving you 50%  alleles European and 50% alleles 
Africanised. Puerto Rico is an 100% an  africanised (AHB) area for the past ten 
years.  I wish that some of  those European alleles for docility and gentleness 
would have been transferred  but no such luck.

Furthermore for the past 5 years I have  worked with these bees all over the 
Island and believe me they are far from  docile, nor gentle but yes they are 
resistant to common bee diseases such  as Varroa mite resistant, Tracheal mite 
resistant, Brood  disease resistant, high brood viability, yes lots of brood 
that's how they  survive, they also need lots of heat and avoid coldish 
temperatures. They don't  thrive much in the mountains, because of the rain, cold, 
windy and wetty  sorroundings.

Their behavior can be changed  temporarily by introducing European queens, 
but their  survivalbility rate is very low, due to AHB invasions mostly. We have 
been  working with the F1, which is a daugther of the European Queen which  
becomes highly productive, until it becomes africanised all over again and  the 
process starts again.

If you need to or anybody in the list needs  further i
nformation about AHB, please dont hesitate to ask.  We the  Beekeepers are 
the experts!!!!!

Saludos


José
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