Peter:
"the African bee appears to be displacing feral European
colonies (especially east European colonies) in the
southwestern
United States; The African bee is now spreading rapidly
through thecentral valleys of California despite contact
with large managed European populations."

Reply:
concerning this quoted part by you: It appears? Yet, how
can so-called AHB displace naturally sized naturally
regressed ferals of which many are found the the South
Western USA, as they do not appear to displace domestic SC
bees kept that way? And doemestic EU or native bees kept on
SC are excellent buffer, as sizing makes for a one on one
situation for watering down AHB, if they do exist, coming
all the way this far north, something LC doemestic just
cannot do, and Sheppard I think published stuff on this
also concerning the large domestic and natural not mixing.
But that still leave the large open spaces of the SW with
regressed naturally occurring domestic/native species IMPOV
that for some reason has never been factored into the
equation. Why?

Respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oganicbeekeepers/




		
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