We have had several "generations" of Canadians who worked on apicultural
    projects in East Africa over the last 30 years.  The first one from Guelph
    was Dr. Townsend who in part was involved in the development of the "Kenyan
    Top Bar Hive" in the sixties.
 
    Then, John Corner former Provincial Apiculturist of British Columbia spent a
    year in Kenya in the early seventies.  I mention him because he was (and
    still is) an enthusiastic photographer with extensive slide series of all
    his overseas travels.  He returned to east-Africa in 1983 to manage an
    apicultural program in Uganda under the auspices of CARE.
 
    I took over John Corner's position in Uganda from 1985 til 1987.  And
    indeed, you hang either a traditional or KTB hive and when conditions are
    okay, within weeks or even days, a swarm of bees move in.
 
    The african bees (they didn't have to become Africanized!) are very
    different in their behavior, not only defensively but also in swarm impulse,
    foraging behavior, flight, etc.
 
    Paul van Westendorp                         [log in to unmask]
    Provincial Apiculturist
    British Columbia