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    -Book of the Month- February

    Tuesday, April 8th, 7:00 P.M.

    Africanized Honey Bees In The Americas,
    by Dewey Caron

    **this book is out of print- if you cannot find a copy, contact Kirby or Ryan.. I bet we can help you out!**

    Dewey Caron's "Africanized Honey Bees" was written in 2001. Although written twelve years ago, it is still the best and most comprehensive work on the subject of Africanized honey bees -- and a fine narrative of the Africanization process in general.

    Caron was ahead of his time. His analysis along with most of the conclusions he reached accurately reflect what has happened. Caron's predictions of the Africanization process as it has continued have proven largely correct.

    A basic construct in Caron's analysis is that the Africanized honey bee is not simply a "hybrid" of European stock combined in some measure with Africanized stock. Indeed, what happens is that Africanized lines come to dominate and overwhelm European colonies when they come into contact with one-another. It matters not whether the European stock is Italian, Russian, Carniolan or Caucasian. There are distinct behavioral aspects to the mating process in which Africanized drones are preferred by European queens. Africanized drones have selective behavioral advantages in terms of the mating process over European drones.

    Other behaviorally-related aspects of Africanized honey bees include more frequent swarming, much more defensiveness, smaller colony size, less fussiness (selectivity) in terms of colony location.

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    March's Book, Top-Bar Beekeeping, by Les Crowder proved to be an outstanding read.

    Much more involved than merely a discussion of top bar beekeeping, Crowder's book considers practically every aspect of beekeeping one would consider, whether a beginner or advanced.

    It's like the epitomal, aged hippie grandpa of beekeeping sat you down and told you everything he knows over a cup of coffee while showing you pictures of his adventures from a well-thumbed photo album.

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