[Pollinator] Killer bees nasty, but losing some sting

[Liz Day]

I don't understand.... if they bred with gentler bees all the way north 
from South America, but are still nasty, why is the "new blood" making any 
difference now that they're in California?

Thanks,
Liz

> From the Washington Times
><http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20050812-042309-3717r.htm>http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20050812-042309-3717r.htm
>
>Killer bees nasty, but losing some sting
>[snip]
>Africanized bees are now part of California's landscape and they are 
>ill-tempered and quick to defend their own turf, but as they move north 
>they're breeding with gentler bees and they're losing some of their most 
>undesirable traits, Eric Mussen, agriculturist beekeeping expert for 
>University of California at Davis Extension, told the Sacramento Bee.

[snip]