I live in Florida, and hear about "Africanized Bees" all the time. We are required by the state to requeen any feral hive we collect to get the African genetics, that may be present, out of the hive.
My quesiton is: Why don't the "African" genetics weaken as they continually mate with the other bees which are not "African"? Is the African gene that dominant? Are the others that recessive? It seem like over time, the Africanized traits would slowly "dilute" to the point where they would not be nearly as evident.
Steve
My quesiton is: Why don't the "African" genetics weaken as they continually mate with the other bees which are not "African"? Is the African gene that dominant? Are the others that recessive? It seem like over time, the Africanized traits would slowly "dilute" to the point where they would not be nearly as evident.
Steve