> One hundred twenty years ago Frank Benton with his business partner D. A. Jones attempted to develop "Apis Americana

The Weavers of Texas have been selling "All-American" queens for years. They claim it is a combination of "all four lineages."


I don't know what four lineages are in the All-American, but as best I have found in reading, Benton was never able to successfully bring the Apis dorsata to the US.   It seems, though that many species (subspecies?) of honeybees were imported to the US in the late 19th and early 20th century.  It seems that these genetics are still working their way around in the current domestic apis melifera.  

I would love to see a movie made of his adventures in hunting the bees of the world.  Frank's Gold... I wonder if Peter Fonda is available.

Larry Krengel
Marengo, IL

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