Notint that  Guillermo Jacoby has problems for Africanized honey bees I
remember that the problem is the greatest trouble in Mexico and Braizel's
bee keeping. The bees are too attactive and cause so many difficulties in
managing. In fact the best way is to get new bee queens to gradually
replace the older ones. In Chinese we usually keep Italian bees. This
kind bees are rather tame. They are not so big and looks orange. I've
send some to my fellow in Mexico. He is satisfied with it. If you like ,
I could also send you some by air. You may contact me :
Pure Jane
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On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Guillermo Jacoby wrote:
 
> For the last few months since I discovered BEE-L I have enjoyed
> much of what all of you have to say about beekeeping. An I have
> learn a lot since.  I'm a novice at this hobby.  Many years ago
> while growing up in the mountains of Nicaragua, Central America
> (I returned to Nicaragua in 1991 after 16 in exile) my
> grandfather was a beekeeper, Italian bees at the time.  I became
> interested in the subject but do to the revolution I had to leave
> the country and the farm, which was later confiscated by the
> communist regime with everything in it.
>
> Back in Nicaragua now, last year I decided to go
> back into beekeeping, and I did about six months ago.
> Now I have 6 Africanized Honey Bees Hives.  That
> is the only kind in Nicaragua now, they came in 1984.  And they
> are aggressive, very, very aggressive.  On a cloudy day I get
> over 100 stings in my suit, easily!  And some of them go through
> my suit.  Last Saturday with Hurricane Lily passing close by,
> when I went to feed my bees (it is the rainy season down here)
> one of the beehives swarmed at me and my 10 year old son just by
> standing by and talking low.  It was scary, but we were
> protected.
>
> My question is:  How can I get their aggressiveness down?  I was
> thinking of importing queens, but that could bring the verroa
> down here.  Bees are fairly healthy and we don't really have a
> bee illness to worry about.  Can anyone help?
>
> The honey season starts in late November here and finishes in
> April.
>
> Regards,
>
> Guillermo Jacoby
> AHBeekeeper from Nicaragua
>