Hardly the case, Pete! I've visited with, and inspected colonies of, a
number of beekeepers (in non Africanized areas) with long-time survivor
stock that is both gentle and productive, and apparently not Africanized.
But do we have evidence that this is genetically based rather than environmental? In other words, if I put them in my hives, will they be resistant here? My experience this summer with resistant stock from Texas was that they had half as many mites as non-resistant stock. But still went over the threshold, and had to be treated. So what did I gain, apart from the hefty price tag? ($30)
PLB
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