> Where did THAT "assertion" come from?

The US government website:

http://www.ars.usda.gov/Research/docs.htm?docid=11059&page=6

By the way, it's pretty generally known that the current methods of testing do not correctly identify Africanized hybrids. I have sent samples myself of overtly vicious bees to Arizona and they have all come back "European." The behavior is the thing, in any case. European bees almost never launch a full scale assault without provocation nor will they follow for hundreds of yards. Those are *traits* of African bees and just because the DNA looks like European, you can't therefore state that they are not Africanized. These are the facts. DNA testing is not reliable, in this case. Beyond that, every time African bees enter a suitable habitat, they become the predominant ecotype. It is plain that the feral bees of Arizona are predominantly African. I wouldn't suppose they would stop at the Utah border. By the way, I never said anything about the merit of African bees. And I find it amusing that where one state (Arizona) assumes all feral bees are Africanized, a neighboring state is setting up a preserve for them. 

PLB

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