In a message dated 14/05/2007 22:05:16 GMT Standard Time,  [log in to unmask] 
writes:

<<While in Africa, worker numbers can be rebuild on good forage  in 
season, this sort of blind defensiveness in Europe would deprive  
colonies of much needed workers in Europe's forests where significant  
forage availability is limited to  spring. >>


    I wonder; many parts of Africa have very seasonal  rainfall with long dry 
seasons. There must surely be months on end with little  or no forage in some 
parts of the continent. How defensive are the bees there?  

Regards,

Robert Brenchley,
Birmingham  UK




   

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