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From: "Kris Woolley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology" <[log in to unmask]>
 Subject: Re:      Re: [BEE-L] Chinese Discover America in 1421
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 23:37:44 -0700
 
 Just found this article:
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=6095
Here is a quote from it:  "....In the midst of planning for the anniversary celebrations came British writer Gavin Menzies' claim, in his book "1421: The Year the Chinese Discovered America," that Zheng 's ships had sailed into the Atlantic and reached North America.  Chinese people everywhere were fascinated. Whether true or not, many were delighted that a Western scholar had acknowledged a Chinese achievement.

"Chinese experts on that period of history have not been persuaded by his evidence...."

 Sorry about that comment about propaganda.   My thoughts were coming from all the reports of espionage and breaking into defense dept computers by chinese military recently on the news.

It may actually be something more capitalistic, like selling a book:
http://www.eamonn.com/2003/04/china_discovers_america.htm
The B of M is short for Book of Mormon, in which a type of honey bee is referred to as Deseret. 
http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/basic/bom/deseret_eom.htm
I have a faint recollection of  learning about stinger-less honey bees being found in areas of Mayan ruins in central America.   ...Now some still found in the Amazon.  Google has a lot of hits for stingerless bees, I just found out.
http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/8_01/8_01_01/out_bees.shtml
Now why couldn't this type be spreading around instead of africanized?
Kristine

 

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