<sf> wrote in message ...
> On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:48:42 -0500, notbob > wrote:
>
>>On 2006-10-22, sf <sf> wrote:
>>
>>> Apparently that scare has pooped out. They become more docile the
>>> further north they go.
>>
>>????
>>
>>Where did you hear that, sf?
>
> Not sure. Couldn't have been "the news". It was somewhere... maybe
> Discovery. One of those things that I heard, but wasn't a big news
> story. It just said that the bee scare hasn't turned out to be as bad
> as they thought it would be because as they interbreed, they become
> more docile.
>
>>Last I heard there was a hive discovered
>>down near Monterey. That's starting to get pretty close and I've
>>heard nothing about them taking 4 o'clock tea, just yet.
>>
>>OTOH, I just found this. Note the "artificial selection" part:
>>
>>http://www.pbs.org/saf/1204/features/bees4.htm
>>
> Good news! With the devastation of European honey bees here (not due
> to africanation) we need a heartier bee population for pollination
> purposes.
>
> Thanks
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I have wondered what the situation is in the Rio Grande Valley.

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