Kim Flottum writes: The more aggressive bees were caught in Mobile County in a routine trapping program conducted by the Department of Agriculture and Industries. In the last two weeks, four of the six bee swarms trapped there have tested positive as Africanized bees. Reply: Amazing that where the biggest concentrations of small cell beekeepers have changed over their whole outfits this seems to crop up. Bolling Bee must be doing good then. Yet Question: Since all yellow and black bees as small are still lumped together in the USA for ID for AHB, instead of ID by race/strain, then what are they really seeing? Regards Dee A. Lusby Commercial Beekeeper Tucson, Arizona http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrganicBeekeepers _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/BEE-L for rules, FAQ and other info --- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::