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Peter Bray <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 24 May 2007 08:21:37 +1200
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> Cerana has two colour morphs - light plains, dark hills - but I am not sure 
> what we cabn deduce from that.

Maybe it's caouflage.  Light colours blend against a light sky or 
distant horizon, but show up against a dark, perhaps forest, canopy 
and vice versa for dark colours.  

Cheers,
Peter Bray
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