On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Tim Arheit wrote:

> Honeybees can be very gentle.... According to
> Latshaw, aggressiveness is not linked in any way to honey production....

I admit to defeat by the archive.  I had trouble trying to find an
argument.

With all the breeding that's been done over the years to produce a gentle
bee easy for keepers to handle, has there been a change in the bee's
response to parasites?

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