I'm suprised no one has recounted the two articles in the American
Bee Journal by two German scientists after they attended the
Apimondia conference in Brazil several years ago.  They reported on a
survey of hives there.  They said the feral bees were A. melifera
melifera and this was the population into which the A. scutellata
mixed.  They said the bees were just as defensive as reported but
that they could take anyone to dozens of colonies in Germany and
Sweden (as I recall) which were just as bad.  So if there was any
mixing of genes, which I accept as being little or none, there would
be no dilution of defensiveness.  Dan

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