Hi Dee and Everyone,

It's interesting to note that the environmental effects of location on bee
temperament have been observed by others. I think it was Andy N. who noted
how hot his California bees got when they migrated them to Colorado.

I think most aspects of bee behavior have a very broad range. I know you
have raised thousands of queens, like I have. And in a single batch, with
the same breeder, about 10% will be hot. And 10% will be exceptionally
gentle, with the rest somewhere in between.

When I requeened my AHB hives, the bees lost most of their AHB type
defensiveness within a week. And they behaved just like a hot EHB hive until
all the AHBs died out. I think there are lots of factors involved with the
AHBs defensiveness. But with time, they could be selected out.

That would help the beekeeper, but the feral bees would still behave the
same. And most of those are probably living on natural sized comb, feed, etc.

Regards
Dennis

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