Dear All,
On 31st January Michael Maroney asks the following:
> Regarding this interesting article how cape honeybees (capensis) "take over"
> scutellata, can they "take over" hives of other bees or only scutellata?
So far as we know, and there is quite a lot of both direct and
circumstantial evidence, capensis will take over ALL other races of
bees. And probably more easily than it happens with scutellata.
Certainly the European races of ligustica and mellifera are sorted
out in a matter of weeks, while scutellata resists for some months.
Cheers
Mike
MIKE ALLSOPP
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