In 1977, Steve Taber wrote
:> My thought on the importation of bees into the U.S. is that we, the
American beekeepers, have more to gain than we have to lose from honey
bee importation.
> In my opinion, there were no real Italian, Caucasian, or Carniolan bees in North America in 1963. In 1963 there were mixed ancesteries [sic] of bees that can bee called "American Bees." I thought then and I think now that it would be a benefit to the Americans beekeeper to be able to have "racial strains" of bees where genes of certain types were more concentrated.
--
from
"The African Bee in Louisiana"
Stephen Taber III
American Bee Journal, March 1977
****************************************************
* General Information About BEE-L is available at: *
* http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/default.htm *
****************************************************