What term is used for the artificial/instrumental insemination of, for
example, dairy cows? The same usage should be followed with honey bees
as is used in the rest of the agricultural world.
> Lets all see future books on beekeeping use the correct terms. For the archives:
> Lloyd R. Watson in 1927 demonstrated that queen honey bees could be inseminated and > gave us the term "instrumental insemination". After 74 years we should expect bee books > to use the correct terms.
Tom
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Tom Elliott
Chugiak, Alaska
U.S.A.
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