Small, runny, shiny, blackish color. 

"A.m.m. here are described as a large, broad bee - a 'burly' bee - certainly
not small.  Ours are much larger than pure ligustica". 
 
I know it is supposed to be a big bee but the island strain here is not. Collegues did morfometrics and DNA analysis and say it is a very pure black bee. It might also have to do with the foundationless system I use but bees on the island itself are not large either. The size varies during the year, bees now are quite small, they are bigger in spring it seems. I think there is between colony variation too but I am too busy to sample and measure. 
 
Lennard


 
 		 	   		  
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