Marc--
 
    Dr. Dewey Caron, the Delaware State Entomologist and instructor at the
University of Delaware, has done some work with managing Africanized bees in
Costa Rica.  Last time I looked, he had an e-mail address that could be found
by geographical Gopher search of USA/Delaware/U of Delaware.
 
    His comment, at a lecture for the state beekeepers' organization, was also
that most of the old-time beekeepers gave up, but that newcomers, trained in
handling the Africanized bees from the start, had few problems.  He also noted
that after a few years of management they began seeing moderated
aggressiveness (that's encouraging for Mexico and the southern US).
 
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Subject: Africanized bees
From:    SMTP.BEEL1 at ROHMAIL
Date:    5/10/95  3:35 PM
 
I'm involved in a beekeeping project in the tropical state of Campeche in
the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico...
They are trying to re-introduce the practice of beekeeping now.  I'd like
to know if anyone can direct me to any resource (people, publications
etc.) that they have found particularly useful in dealing with
africanized bees (genetics, management...)
...
Marc Patry
Ottawa