Randy "Danny Weaver has been doing such selective breeding for many years, and has
been closely watched by the industry"
 
As for the rest of the story:


AHB occurred over most of TX but skipped Navosota colony for 'many more years' - I guess due to the selective breeding.
 
Around 2000, I rented colonies for experiments from Danny.    Out of about 50 colonies in each batch, some were really hot tempered.  I've seen AHB in S. America, even been attacked by them there.   I also saw some survivors of the failed Baton Rouge experiment in the Dakotas, MT, Wyoming when AHB was first introduced to US (and not by feral colonies coming in from Mexico).  None were any meaner.
 
Danny told me that his bees were not  AHB.  Their temper was 'Buckfast', and my problem while working them was because I  was an inexperienced beekeeper (I guess my  27 years of  experience, with first hand experience of AHB in Guatamala, TX, and eastern MT) didn't count.  I wonder at 44 years of experience, whether I'm qualified to work bees without 'making' them mean.).


I hope that by now, Randy's statement is true.






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