> Yes Brother Adam used bees from Africa but the Apis Mellifera Scutellata
> (the mean bee we hear about) is not the only honey bees from Africa, there
> are others:
> - the Apis Mellifera Lamarckii (Egyptian honey bee)

It's been some time since I read Brother Adam's
_In_Search_of_the-Best_Strains
_of_Honeybees_ (so long in fact that I may not have the title exactly
correct), but
my recollection is that Bro. Adam only made it to the northern countrys in
Africa and
never made it into A. scutellata territory.  A. lamarckii was definitely
included in his
"search".

Aaron Morris - thinking it's time to reread the book!