Dave Cushman writes:
AMM has many traits that allow it to maintain a higher
degree of 
purity when compared to Italian strains and so the
supplanting of AMM genes in US has happened 'against the
grain'.

Reply:
What are these traits you speak of for AMM for
maintainance. Why do you think this has happened 'against
the grain'. Also, how would you compare AMM here, to
caucasian types?

Respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers

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