[nwp90]

Yes. In NZ we don't have them, but one of the guys who works for AsureQuality (google them) on bee-related stuff here is from Paraguay, and his description of beekeeping experience there (where basically all their bees are apparently Africanised) makes me think I probably wouldn't enjoy the experience over there.

Here, you can open a hive of "gentle bees" on a warm day and they will sit on the frames and basically completely ignore you.

There, I'm told once you take the lid off, most of the colony will take to the air to have a go at you. Which makes examining the frames easier, as they're no longer covered in bees - if there aren't too many on your veil, I guess.