RE: >> Honey Bee Genome Project Reveals Possible African Origin of All Honey
Bees

This really is old news, the article cited came out in Oct 2006. Based upon
findings in Science Magazine:


> Results indicate that A. mellifera originated in Africa and expanded into
Eurasia at least twice, resulting in populations in eastern and western
Europe that are geographically close but genetically distant. A third
expansion in the New World has involved the near-replacement of previously
introduced "European" honey bees by descendants of more recently introduced
A. m. scutellata ("African" or "killer" bees). -- Science. 27 October 2006

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