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Re: Golden Italians
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Robert Brenchley <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 23 Feb 2002 04:24:57 EST
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<<Question: Are Golden Italian a naturally occurring race or
a man-made one from Italians??


Regards,

Dee A. Lusby>>

    According to LE Snelgrove, Queen Rearing, pub. Miss I Snelgrove, 1946, p.
114:

    'By persistent selection for colour, queens have been produced both in
America and England showing yellow bands on five of the six abdominal rings,
the sixth (terminal) one being black. Such queens and their progeny have been
boosted as 'Golden Italians' but they have not shown any particular merit
apart from their beauty.'

    Pity they couldn't have put all the effort into selecting for something
more useful.

Regards,

Robert Brenchley

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Birmingham, UK.

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