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>> Makes one wonder about possible Africanization.
> That's stretching it a bit. It would take more than a few
similarities to make the jump past wonderment and speculation,
Not really. We know that bees are hauled all over the US and that this
includes Africanized areas. It would be strange indeed if some of that
gene pool had not leaked into the environment. Besides, AHB were
distributed in the US back in the seventies. If they have survival
characteristics, those would tend to become more frequent.
> into the realm of positive identification.
Now that is the interesting question and I am sure someone may be
working on it, but the answer is not one that is likely to lead to
promotions and a slap on the back, so I am sure that announcing that
discovery when it is made and it is just a matter of time,
Additionally, there have to be 1.) unambiguous base samples with which
to compare and 2.) criteria to determine exactly at what mix of AHB and
EHB that the line is drawn and a bee is considered Africanized, plus a
standard stating how many bees in a hive must meet that criterion.
The term 'Africanized' is very general and possibly not even useful,
except in a very broad sense.
> But in the end, who really cares what the genetic make-up of a
honeybee colony is, if they carry the desired traits which are
beneficial to beekeeping?
So, I gather we are in agreement?
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