>
> >I'm familiar with the story....a beekeeper saw queen excluders on the
> entrances of the experimental colonies, saw that they were knocking the
> pollen off the legs of the foragers, and decided to remove them.


There are also alternative stories.  Such as the distribution of F1 hybrids
prior to the release, and unauthorized introductions elsewhere.  May not
ever be totally clear what really happened.

Randy Oliver

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