Hi all
I am currently researching the topic of the history of bee breeding and I stumbled upon the following reference which made me think of the so-called "small bees" that are touted in certain circles ...
> Mackensen reported finding a reduction in size of body parts appearing during the course of seven generations of inbreeding. Reduction, of the nine parts measured, varied from 1. 7 per cent to 10.8 per cent.
in: GENETICS AND BREEDING OF THE HONEY BEE By WALTER C. ROTHENBUHLER, (1958)
***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at:
http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm