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Re: So-called feral bees
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Dave Cushman <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:00:36 +0100
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Hi All

Still catching up with Emails after the Gormanston conference

Gavin Ramsay wrote on 22nd July...

> Isolation can be subtle. Bees in trees may prefer to
> colonise holes in trees and spaces in buildings rather
> than hives on the ground. 

I had never considered preference for disposition of a cavity as a 
character that could be recorded and selected for, has any work actually 
been done on preference for cavity position?

> They may be partial to local mating rather than at
> distant drone congregation sites.

Have the phenomenae of Apiary Vicinity mating and Bubble assemblies been 
studied in US ? I was of the opinion that such traits were closely 
related to A. m. mellifera, rather than any of the hybrid races that 
abound in US.


Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY
http://melliferabees.net Email: [log in to unmask]
Short FallBack M/c, Build 7.21/2.01

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