> >But no way bees "preceded the settlers" by anything
> >more than the distance covered by swarms. 

Given that Africanized bees migrated from Brazil to
Arkansas in 50 years (despite some valiant attempts by
governments and beekeepers to prevent it), it would
seem to me that European bees would quickly have
outpaced the settlers who introduced them to the New
World.

Eugene Makovec
Kirkwood, MO USA

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