> AHB has only been responsible for about >twelve  human
> deaths, mostly in Texas and Arizona.
>
> These deaths are from multiple stings . In one case over a thousand stings.
>
>> The average number of deaths per  year caused by the common >European Honey
> bee in the US is around 40."
>
> These are from anaphylaxis in almost (if not all) cases.

Hello all -

Does it really matter how these people died? Any death from bees is a
terrible thing. I think the point is, 4 times as many died from EHB than
from AHB. Now we would need to figure out what percent of the total bee
population is AHB to get a better perspective on these figures.

> However the aggressive AHb can
> send even the trained professional running for cover.

Then it is these bees that need to be eliminated due to their aggression,
not all AHB, again, what ever that is. I like Robt Mann's approach to the
matter, which deals with a bees behavior, not their DNA. This would then
include both EHB and AHB.

> if the AHB produced a greater production per hive in some cases the total
> average for the yard would still be below EHB unless a way was found to
> breed out the constant swarming and absconding of AHB.

Unfortunately, comments like this mean little unless there is a clear
understanding by all as to what constitutes an AHB. Perhaps a bee that has
very high AHB markers (for lack of a better word) would be prone to swarming
or absconding, but that leaves a whole lot of other bees that might be
labeled AHB but have just a fraction of these markers, or percent of genes,
still being part of this "group."

Regards,
Barry