...i came across this.  note the last bit where it says:

"When the two strains meet, confusion results. The killer bee queen 
stops producing eggs and eventually starves to death through lack of 
attention from the worker bees, which become reluctant to forage for 
nectar. This leads to the colony dying out."

it was hard to take anything "hard" from this article, but this 
seemed an interesting interpretation of what was going on.

http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/news/n10_05022007.htm

deknow

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