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Re: Density of wild honey bee, Apis mellifera, colonies worldwide
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Bill Hesbach <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 29 Oct 2023 10:42:20 -0400
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>If the matrilines of US ferals were imported from "wild" stock from Europe
 or elsewhere, could we refer to their descendents as "wild type"?


I guess, as long as they were never managed.  I can't think of a line of queens ever imported to the U.S. that weren't from managed stock.  

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