>"Molecular characterization was based on DNA mitochondrial sequence,
>according to which are classified the four evolutionary lineages of honey
>bees present in Spain, African A in the southern peninsula and Western
>European M in the north. "
>
>I wonder how long each has been in that country and what separates them, if anything.

   Hello.
   I have theorized (for quite sometime now) that african bees have
been in Spain for hundreds of years for two reasons. One, the distance
across to Algeciras is short and their flight could have been assisted by air currents in that direction.  Two, they could have been brought by
the moors during their conquest of sourthern Spain.  The Moors borught
practically al their known cultural and personal belongings, so why not
honey bees?  I wil do more research into the subject and post my
findings here.
Happy beekeeping.
Dr. Rodriguez
>
>allen
>
>http://www.internode.net/HoneyBee/Diary/
>
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