Carlos,
 
I have asked the question on this list that you ask.  Is there any
breeding work being done on AHB to select for a less aggressive nature.
A lot of work has been done on section of the European Honeybee, why not
the Africanized?  There are strains of AHB that do not show the extreme
defensiveness which creates the fear.  Let's have some work done to
provide AHB that can be handled with the ease of the Europeans and can
compete with the Africanized drones for mating.
 
I agree with your feeling that this could work.  I have yet to see
anyone but myself post anything on this topic on BEE-L until you did.
 
I am glad to hear from you.
 
Tom
 
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"Test everything.  Hold on to the good."  (1 Thessalonians 5:21)
 
Tom Elliott
Chugiak,  Alaska
U.S.A.
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