Your the one that wrote: 
"from the story I was told, it seemed like a classic case of an African colony"

Then you go and say its nothing to do 
with linage, Should they be killed for that etc?....
Make up your mind.

You said:
>Same with bees. If you have a colony that is part African, based on visible signs (wing veins) or genomic testing (they look for small sequences of DNA that are characteristic of the geographic origin), will it be vicious because its lineage goes back to some country in Africa? Should it be killed for that?

Of course not.
My point is 'if the USDA is going to test 
for AHB genetics, they ought to be 
able to produce exactly what 
genetics were involved'.  Not
that genetics has anything to 
do with defensive behavior,
but rather that they ought to
be able to produce that information.

Joe

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