Hello BEE-L, Today's discussion of purebred Buckfast Bees was very timely for me. I too have been bothered with agressive Buckfast Bees and I have become concerned that the ones from Texas may be getting Africanized. Recently my wife and I gave a slide show and talk to our local (Middlesex County Beekeeping Association in Mass. USA) about gardens and beekeeping in Southwest England. On our trip there we had a delightful visit to Buckfast Abbey which confirmed Scott Moser's comments about Weaver's not paying royalties to Buckfast Abbey and not, as a result, receiving infusions of new stock. Buckfast Abbey does not make a big deal about this because they are first and foremost a religious society. But as a result of our slide show I have had many people ask me for the address of the Canadian breeders who do breed the pure Buckfast strain. Thanks to Allen Dick for providing them. The BEE-L discussion came just one day before our next club meeting. How did you know? Ernie Huber