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ARE AFRICANIZED HONEY BEES MORE HYGIENIC?

April 26, 2017Africanized bees honey hygienic

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ARE AFRICANIZED HONEY BEES MORE HYGIENIC?

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The Africanized honey bee, or AHB, has been observed to be more resistant or tolerant to Varroa in Brazil and other parts of Latin America, where it survives without chemical treatment & . One of the reasons for this is the possibility that it is more hygienic than other races. Spivak and Gilliam in their soon-to-be-published article, conclude that the results are not in yet in on this important issue. They suggest that there exist enough differences in reported research results to be somewhat skeptical, in spite of the fact that AHB has been found to be more resistant to AFB in some studies. One informal report to this author, for example, concerning AHB in the highlands of Ecuador, indicates a much higher incidence of chalkbrood than in European bees in that Andean country. The fact that hygienic behavior is found in all races of bees is extremely fortunate. It suggest