--- Rip Bechmann <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Can you cite any reference showing that the
> difference in tongue lenght
> between "big" Apis mellifera and little Apis
> mellifera?
In this link, you can see for yourself that the
"little Apis mellifera", A.m.Caucasica, has the
longest proboscis compared to the "big" Apis
melliferas.
http://www.beeworks.com/morphometry/
Joe Waggle ~ Derry, PA
Small Cell Beekeeping
‘Bees Gone Wild Apiaries'
http://www.biologicalbeekeeping.comhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/Organicbeekeepers/
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