a couple of snips from Pete B comments followed by > my comment... 

Sorry Peter,, this is politically correct 

>I have no idea what the phrase means but the origin of the phrase is quite revealing... sometime folks tell you more than you wish to know

By the same token, the bees in Puerto Rico are genetically "Africanized" bees, but by all accounts they are docile. A third example is Juliana Rangel's finding that feral bees in the south are varroa tolerant but not because of the genetic tie to African bees. So, there is a disconnect between "types" and behaviors. 

>I seem to recall Juliana telling me these bees were on the island of Dominica where this educational institution does a summer abroad research program.  I also seem to recall from her description that the bees where extremely defensive to the point she though they were africanized but the lab work informed us they were not.  The details of this being an island, in a tropical setting  and a closed population should not be overlooked.

>I am a bit dated on my understanding of genetics but at least long ago it was thought to be accurate to say... there is more (genetic) variation within a group than between groups.

Gene in Central Texas... 

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