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Re: What are the Bee of the Americas?
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Thomas Culliney <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:27:28 -1000
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There were populations of Apis mellifera of European descent present in
South America long before Kerr brought over his colonies of African A.
mellifera. Kerr's intention was to improve the breeding stock of the honey
bees already present by crossing the local bees with bees better adapted to
tropical conditions.

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From: "Peter Borst" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: What are the Bee of the Americas?

However, region with the most different species is tropical America, where
they never had to compete with Apis mellifera until Warwick Kerr brought the
tropical honey bee from Africa and everything changed.

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