Tim,

According to US Department of Agriculture, Arizona, in fact, is the ONLY
state that is infested with AHB in its entire counties while Texas, the
first to be affected, is not.

Check the fact: http://agnews.tamu.edu/bees/  and more:

1.Rarely does an EHB colony sting a person and kill under the worst
circumstance.
2.Slightly smaller than EHB, Apis Scutellata, to say the obvious, lives in
a smaller cell without being helped by anyone.
3.The first AHB in Arizona was reported in July, 1993—almost a decade ago,
which explains why many colonies in Arizona live in a smaller cell.
4.Well-established is the fact that AHB is resistant to mites.
5.Arizona climate is ideal for the Scuts because of the abundant POLLEN
sources.
6.Their propensity to swarm means they need a whole lot of pollen for brood-
rearing.

I share this, for I refuse to be hoodwinked.

Dr. Yoon Sik Kim, Ph.D.
Chair/Humanities Division
St.Gregory’s University
Shawnee, OK 74801
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