In July at the W.A.S. conference in Missoula, Kimberly Winter (North American Pollinator Protection
Campaign, NAPPC,  www.nappc.org) mentioned during her talk she had worked with AHB in South
America. After she spoke I asked if they were as bad as we hear about. She said they were.

In his book ‘Africanized Honey Bees in the Americas’, as I recall, Dewey Caron mentions that as
AHB spread upwards through South America most of the local beekeepers at the time said they
would be able to handle them prior to their arrival. When the bees arrived it was another story. A
lot of them quit beekeeping according to Dr. Caron. We are hearing the same thing from some
beekeepers here in the U.S. now. Some think AHB is nothing more than ‘killer bee’ hype and that
their aggressiveness will be diluted as they mix with EHB. I don’t think it’s happened yet. We’ll see.
Your post, ot course, is going to be used as “evidence” by that crowd that AHB is really no
different than EHB.  You just can’t win.........

Regards,
Dick Allen

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