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Subject:	Re: Apis mellifera coloration
From:	Pete B <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:40:29 -0400
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> Years ago Mr. [Charles] Dadant imported queens from Italy. Like all imported queens these. were leather-colored and rather inferior looking compared with the ordinary yellow queens of the same race in this country. It was not long before Mr. Dadant was accused of sending out hybrids for imported. 

> At that time my father [A. I. Root] came to the rescue by saying that, if Mr. Dadant wanted to send out hybrids, he would mail mismated Italian queens of a bright color rather than to send the dark-colored genuine imported of Italy which he did. This little act pleased Mr. Dadant, and I think he never forgot it.

E. R. Root, 1902

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