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Re: interbreeding
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Geoff Manning <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:55:01 +1000
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On 17/04/2012 9:49 PM, Karen Thurlow-Kimball wrote:

 > How many colonies did they start with? How do they keep the bees 
strong with the interbreding that must happen there?


According to Woyke, IIRC,  there were 14 sex alleles on the island.  He 
also reckoned you needed 12 to keep it viable'

Geoff Manning

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