a Jorg Kewisch snip followed > by my comment..
I have not found a good answer to this:
1) do hybrid bees from docile parents in general exhibit more
defensiveness, or is it that a few bad examples stick out? (seems to be
true for AHB)
2) is there any explanation or research on this? Mutt dogs are not more
aggressive, why would bees.

>to my understanding and experience quite a common history of hybrids is the first cross (F2) can be a bit testy.  testy or aggressive can be a quite relative term but become more noticed if the parent stock was selected for being docile or easy to work. in genetics the outcome I consider to be a good example of 'regression to the mean'.

>at least for myself I choose docile stock to produce queen cells but controlling drone population is something I cannot totally control.

Gene in Central Texas  

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