Peter Edwards has mentioned the import of NZ Italians into the UK.  Just 
because this particular strain of bees eventually turned out to unsuitable for 
the UK does not automatically mean that all non-native bees are unsuitable.

Indeed the USA does not have an indigenous type of bee and most of the bee 
population there consists of hybrids and because there are no crossings with 
the AMM they do not have problems with the agressivety that you experience in 
the UK when non native bees hybridise with the AMM that you have there.  The 
agressiveness comes from the AMM side of the equation and NOT from the selected 
other strains.
Best regards
Roger White
Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html

Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at:
http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm