Just to add a bit on the old Amm versus Italian (so called) here in 
Australia.  In the 1860 to 1880's the move was away from Amm to Italian 
because the Amm could not handle wax moth.  I am assuming it is the greater 
wax moth and not lesser wax moth.  There was also a move in the 1890's to 
Cyprian bees but these seem to lose favour becuase they were a little 
aggressive.  So Italian has been the main ones with a lot of our ferals 
being still a big percenatge of Amm.  If you leave a hive in the bush and 
let it supercede a couple of times, you will end up with a hive that is very 
cranky, does not produce a lot of honey, has a lot of black bees and tends 
to swarm.

FWIW

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA 

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