Thanks to the information on this list, I ordered a copy of "Following the
Bloom" by  Douglas Whynott over the Internet.  The book arrived from
http://www.amazon.com in 2 days.  It would have taken 2 weeks through my
local book store.  Doing business over the NET could not be easier.
 
I noticed in the glossary that there are a number of races of AHB:  Apis
Mellifera scutella, Apis mellifera adansonii imported from Africa to Brazil
in 1957  and Apis Mellifera brasilia, the progeny of 26 swarms of AHB that
escaped from the test Apiary in Brazil, interbred with European bees.
 
So do I understand this correctly that the AHB in US are hybdridized
brasilias? Can they be hybridized more?
 
 
Paul Cronshaw, D.C.
Cyberchiro and Hobby Beekeeper
Santa Barbara, CA  USA