>
> If you were to set up on an island isolated from other colonies, how many
> genetically diverse colonies would you need to create a sustainable
> population?
>
> How about the bee on Kangaroo Island? "The last genetically pure
population of the Ligurian honey bee lives on an island"
http://www.nativefoodandwine.com/features-journal/the-ligurian-bees-of-kangaroo-island.html

How many colonies did they start with? How do they keep the bees strong
with the interbreding that must happen there?

Karen T-K

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