Hi to all on BEE-L

Al wrote:

Even more to the point if these bees are expressing
charateristics of cape bees then we realy need to be
careful about moving them around. Even if it is not the
result of "capensis genes", it is the trait that matters
here. The last thing wee need to see is our hives breaking
out with pseudo queens.

Reply:
Interesting reading on BEE-L recently. Are BEE-L readers
aware that the thelytoky trait was first observed by Huber
in the 1800s in England from bees brought there from
Tunisia and that the trait when looked at by Mackensen was
found readily enough in Italian and Caucasian bees? These
were all studied I think, but I could be wrong, long before
Cape bees were found to have the trait.

Also on another note, Arizona was declared africanized as a
state just after our state was fully deregulated and not
just by defunding as was done in other states. We managed
to wipe the inspection laws fully off of the statutory
books. Also, since survery were ever conducted of managed
beekeepers colonies looking for same, and no feral full
survery was ever accomplished prior to or even after full
deregulation, then just what is Africanization in Arizona,
other then an administrative signing of the pen?

Regards,

Dee A. Lusby (p.s. also the past Pres of the Arizona
Beekeepers during the deregulation!)

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