> Japanese honeybees have developed a fairly effective defense against > the Asian hornets.
Replacing European honeybees by Japanese honeybees is not something the beekeepers would want to do, i.a. because the latter produce less honey. > There have been several > instances in which Africanized bees have been imported to North > America via shipping containers. But these few punctual incidents are not sufficient to populate a large area -- for that, it took the migration from South America northwards. > Does this mean humans should not be active? Not a very > practical outcome at this point. Distinction between useful and harmful activities, and relating gain to risks, is obviously necessary. "Free" Trade is useful only for a few rich grabbers, while the vast majority (and the environment, i.e. future generations) loses big time. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
