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Re: Docility of Weaver queens
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Peter Loring Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 18 Jan 2017 08:08:09 -0500
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> >Would docility be linked to discoidal shift angle?

This refers to using measurements of angles in the wing veins to determine the genetic background of bees (and other insects, too). Sort of like fingerprints. Sort of.

In an upcoming article in the ABJ I write in great detail about the various ways that Africanized bees can be identified: physical, genetic, behavioral, etc. 

PLB

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