Hello All,
I was sent a email direct quoting Crane (1999) in "the world history of
beekeeping and honey hunting"=
"Kerrs introduction of African bees was from s. Africa and Tanzania and also
INCLUDED some a.m.capensis"(Cape Bee)(table 36.2D,pg. 364). On the web the
abstract is published.
http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~hgh/deptpage/hgh_biog.htmhttp://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~hgh/deptpage/abstract.htm
This is a startling fact for me to find out. Hopefully the *Cape Bee* has
died out over the last 40+ years. In my opinion commercial beekeeping has
more to fear from the cape bee than from A.mellifera s..
Sincerely,
Bob Harrison
Odessa, Missouri
