interesting others are putting such information aside concernign early
repeated imports, and saying that their bees are good european and on
certain days they are probably just like mine in working.

Nobody is putting the info aside. It's just that they see it differently. As
I posted earlier this week:

Honey bees from the M group were introduced into what is now the U.S. in the
1600’s. Between 1859 and 1922, seven more races of bees were introduced into
the country, including the well-known Italian, Carniolan, and Caucasian
bees. Cyprian, Egyptian, Syrian and three races of African bees eventually
were introduced into the country, as well. In the early 1990’s, M and C
lineages could be found in southern and western lines, but A was not around. 

In plain English: when they checked bees in the 1990s they found that there
were descendants of the north European black bees (M) and the
Italian/Carniolan type (C) but no traces of African lines (A). These
probably failed to thrive, unlike the lines that Dr. Kerr brought into
Brazil, which multiplied like jack rabbits and eventually ended up in your
neighborhood. 

But it isn't the temperament that is the worst feature of Africans, although
that would make it impossible to keep them in MY neighborhood but the fact
that they swarm themselves silly and don't make enough honey to pay the
bills. Unless you live in a hut or have some other source of income aside
from honey or pollination fees. 

By the way, there is a yard of 24 hives a couple hundred yards from my
house. People walk past it every day with their dogs and babies. No one has
ever been bothered by those bees.

pb

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