Hello,

I've noticed something. You are all aware of the Africanized Bees/
Killer Bees. Most of these queens and hives only come from a few
select breeding projects. Genetic Diversity, has always helped the
human race, and we avoid inbreeding. But, climatization could be an
overwhelming factor. Has anyone produced a statistical map of
America, to compare climate/environmental factors to these bred bees.

My experience with fire ants, although not bees, is that when they
don't bite, people don't buy pesticides and kill them. But, if the
ants are willing to walk 20 feet to 10 yards away from the nest bite...

Genetic Diversity, has always helped the

But not every race. For example, armadillos are born as twins (or
quads) and they say that all armadillos in the US are the offspring of
a few that escaped from a Florida zoo. Yet the species is expanding
its territory by leaps & bounds. Although your conclusion may be
correct, the premise is not.

I don't know who they are that said that but like all the things they say
it's pretty much wrong:

Several pairs were introduced into the state of Florida beginning around
1925. These animals established a second U.S. population, which now ranges
as far north as the Carolinas, and merged with the main group around
Appalachicola, Florida in 1985.

Armadillos are not native to the U.S. but began slowly expanding their range
north from Mexico around 1880. Today they are found from Argentina to
Colorado and southeast to the Florida panhandle. They are present on many
Caribbean islands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenarthra

Genetic Diversity can from and through inbreeding. If that were not
true the Galapagos Islands wouldn't be what they are. That has to be
true for both plants and animals, or Hawaii wouldn't be so diverse.
Diversity is the product of mutation, inbreeding only increases the
rate both positive and negative. The only real success is in which
colony produces best in that specific climate.

So, all I am saying is that since you starter kits come from but a few
places in which bees are bred and sold, that they are more likely to
be climatized to the region that they are in, opposed to some region
you are occupying. When you buy a starter colony, they may not be
suited for the environment.

If the human race were to see an advance, it would probably be the
result of two people with Downs Syndrom that actually produced the
mutation that was successful. They carry an extra chromosome, and
that causes the birth defect. But, if two of those chromosomes come
together, a super intellegent may be born. We can just measure the
volume of the brain, and determin that with an I.Q. test. In all due
respect the skull would have a larger volume, the brain would be
larger, and as a end result, the individual would retain more
information and be able to access it.

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:19:19 -0700, The Flavored Coffee Guy wrote:

I must know about a different Galapagos Islands to you. i remember the
term mutation as being applied.