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Re: Honey bee castes
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Dave Cushman <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 23 Nov 2001 10:21:14 -0000
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Hi Peter

There is common useage of the word "subcaste" on many US oriented discussion
groups (to describe familiies of drones and half sisters in workers)... I
usually use the word "subset" which makes sense in UK English.

The thread originator merely missed the "sub" off... I do not think any
misunderstanding resulted. Language is a fairly flexible comodity and
meaning can usually survive the odd "mangling".

Best regards & 73s... Dave Cushman G8MZY
Beekeeping & Bee Breeding Website
http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman


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