Bee history

Napoleon chose bees over fleurs-de-lis for his coronation robe because he needed a symbol older than kings. He found it in a Frankish grave. The story goes back much further.

English colonists brought honey bees to Virginia in 1622. Four centuries later, the US loses 30-45% of colonies yearly. The story between those points is wild.

26 Tanzanian queens escaped a Brazilian lab in 1957. Descendants reached Texas by 1990. The 'killer bee' hype was overblown. The management challenges aren't.