trulli1
New Bee
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- Lordswood, Kent
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- National
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- 2
Hi everyone,
Apologies if this topic has been started/finished already.
Apart from the aggressive nature of the African Bee, what would the implications using African bee’s in the UK?
I watched a document recently about a scientist who brought 15 colonies of African bee’s from South Africa to South America as he was trying to make a hybrid of the local and African bee, they were let free by accident and now apparently they are spreading into lower North America, the big downside being that they are taking over existing local colonies and are aggressive.
The upside to the African bee is that they are a lot hardier, produce a lot of honey and don’t seem to be affected as much by the varroa mite.
I dont mean to start cause an ill feelings on this topic, im new to Beekeeping and was interested in your thoughts on the matter.
Kind Regards,
Stephen
Apologies if this topic has been started/finished already.
Apart from the aggressive nature of the African Bee, what would the implications using African bee’s in the UK?
I watched a document recently about a scientist who brought 15 colonies of African bee’s from South Africa to South America as he was trying to make a hybrid of the local and African bee, they were let free by accident and now apparently they are spreading into lower North America, the big downside being that they are taking over existing local colonies and are aggressive.
The upside to the African bee is that they are a lot hardier, produce a lot of honey and don’t seem to be affected as much by the varroa mite.
I dont mean to start cause an ill feelings on this topic, im new to Beekeeping and was interested in your thoughts on the matter.
Kind Regards,
Stephen