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On 3/26/2016 12:05 PM, Peter Loring Borst wrote:
>> "Eastern European and Western European lineages " What is meant by this?
> Honey bees are divided into four or five lineages, called M, C, A, O and sometimes Y.
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> M = Western European (references samples used in the study = A. m. mellifera and A. m. iberiensis)
> C = Eastern European (samples used = A.m. carnica and A. m. ligustica)
> A = African ( used = A. m. scutellata)
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I suspect Chris was questioning the term "Western" when applied to /Amm.
/As he pointed out their natural range spreads as far East as the Urals
and could equally be termed "Eastern" as some are East of carnica and
ligustica.
Trevor mentioned that the /Amm/ genetics of Australian ferals cause them
to be small, black and feisty. Those of us who breed them find they are
large, black and gentle. We treat feistiness as a sign of Italian
introgression as the closer bees are to pure, regardless of race, the
gentler they seem to be. I suspect the Australian ferals are touchy
because they are closer to the 50/50 mix of races than the managed
colonies. If they had even more /Amm /then I would expect them to be
gentler.
Steve Rose
North Wales
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