i used to be a beekeeper and in fact plan on taking it up again soon. i live in africa, so i worked with the african bee, or as our american readers will call it, the killer bee!!
i was recently watching an american documentary about this 'deadly' bee and was amazed to see what efforts and money they pump into combating this bee's spread. and yet even in this documentary they mentioned that the african bee is a better honey producer than their own bee.
i didn't understand the maths.
bearing in mind the simple fact that the americans will not be able to stop the relentless march of the african bee and bearing in mind it is a more productive bee and bearing in mind us backward south africans only work with this 'dangerous' bee (so it can be done) why don't you just bow to the inevitable and make more honey? not only will it be cheaper, but you would actually make more money. just a thought.
