Dee Lusby wrote:

> You sure this isn't just sloppy beekeeping? (Snip)
> 
> Sure you don't need to go to a field beekeeping school on
> how to be around honeybees so you don't get them so mad?

Patronizing statement, since many of us have visited apiaries or had 
bees that were hot. When the colonies were re-queened the problem 
disappeared.

I am slowly coming to the conclusion that, like EHB, AHB can vary in 
temperament. There may even be different strains of AHB (as there are 
with EHB such as Italian, Carneolean...), so some are manageable and 
some are not. If so, you could breed for a manageable strain or you may 
start with one, which would explain a lot of what may be happening in AZ.

This is just conjecture. But it does seem to fit the facts.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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