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a Yoon Sik Kim snip followed by my comments...
>This argument would have been stronger had you considered AHB infusion in the south, in general, and open mating, in particular.
I was not really attempting to make an argument but simply a reflection of my own experience in keeping bees and in observing bee and beekeepers. Of course AFB is a part (more so in some places than others) in rearing queens and especially in open mating. We have had a couple of ongoing AFB experiments here at the Texas A&M Bee Lab and AFB are much harder to locate than some folks presume. Quite often when folks suggest that their bees have suddenly become africanized we find that, via DNA testing, that a particular European/Europoean cross is the the results.
As to the topic not all bees do an equal job of collecting honey, pollinating crop, keeping their hives spotless or showing some resistance to varroa. I would expect any bee raise as some form of 'super bee' to not do all of these task equally well.
Gene in Central Texas but not for long...
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