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Hayden Bee Research Center, USDA-ARS,Tucson, Arizona |
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> A quote for thought:
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> Europeanized. The popular concept of what constitutes an "Africanized" bee
> appears to be way out of line with reality. Even the accepted terminology
> (e.g. "African" "Africanized") is misleading and should, if possible, be
> abandoned. Our observations lead us to conclude that the AB phenomenon is
> little more than an extended, over-popularized, case of gene introgression
> and selection -
> OUR EXPERIENCES IN COSTA RICA. PART I.
> Bee Culture - September, 1986
> By ERIC H. ERICKSON, JR., BARBARA J. ERICKSON, and ALLEN M. YOUNG
I guess this shows how little we understood in 1986. Times change, and old ideas
die hard. Probably fifteen-year-old papers should be quoted for historical
perspective, but not as truth.
- John Edwards, Tucson
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