Hello Dave & All,
 >The trip of brother Adam that you mention was an early one.
> There was another one later, during which he was given an unspecified
number  of scutellata queens. I personally believe that he accepted the gift
> gracefully but did not even return them to the UK. I do not think he was
> impressed with any of the characteristics that he saw. I have had
> confirmation of my belief from other sources. There is some mention of
this
> event in the video "the monk and the honey bee".

I was able to check out "the monk & the honey bee" from our beekeeping
library and review the part we are talking about.
The place was the Mario's estate in a place named *Magogo*(spelling?) .  The
tape says the purpose was to inspect a scut hive AND take a queen. The video
shows the caging of a scut queen and 10 workers. Quote from video:
"Its a matter of grabbing ten workers & running"
"Bees from all over the apiary are joining in the attack"
"protective bee suits are no defense"
"Bees chased Brother Adam half a kilometer"
Quote from Brother Adam:
"They are extremely aggressive"
"These bees surpass all the previous experence I have previously had"
The tape says the truth needs to be told about scuts.
Bob
"thinking AHB *could* be in England"