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? 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
>
> nb
"He's doing this right in the middle of the Africanized bee territory, so
they are interbreeding with his bees. Over time, his bees are getting
progressively testy. But the bottom line is they are still manageable, still
disease and mite tolerant and still making lots of honey. Basically, what we
want are bees that are enough below the threshold of testiness that we can
stand them."

Heh... who can actually stand them? If you're out walking around and you
stumble on a nest of these KILLER bees, they can still kill you. But in all
good spirit I offer you John Belushi portraying the killer bee, which didn't
quite show up the way people expected. But then again, the land shark
didn't, either. LOL

Jill