> I fully agree. However, you seem to be rather lonely with this view, at 
> least so far. And it can be done, tame them, I mean. Maybe change 
> management methods here and there a bit. Less smoke, less banging around 
> of hive parts, etc.

I suspect there are quite a few beekeepers in the US who are managing bees 
with a fair percentage of AHB in them, and in some cases, without much 
change in management.  In some cases, they are now pretty much a non-event. 
In some other areas, particularly newly colonized areas, they are still a 
problem, and there may be several distinct invasions, some of which are more 
benign than others.

The problem is that AHB in the US has been demonized by authorities, and 
there is an entrenched position--historical and current--to defend on the 
part of those who make a career of identifying, discussing and fighting 
them.

I'd say the war against AHB is over and the time for reconciliation with the 
facts has arrived.

allen
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