In a message dated 16/10/2007 16:42:46 GMT Standard Time,  
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<<Even Scuts can be mollified with selection of the best and  culling of 
the worst, there was a correspondent on this list a few years  ago doing 
just this. However the word docile in this case might have to be  used 
relatively rather than absolutely. Because the starting point is so  bad 
it will take more years of such selection to achieve a tame  bee.>>



Wasn't there someone who bred them to the point  where he could handle them 
in a T-shirt, at least sometimes? I'm sure I saw pics  of him doing so.  

Regards,

Robert Brenchley,
Birmingham  UK




   

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