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Re: The size of bees
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T & M Weatherhead <[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, 3 Mar 2002 20:35:46 +1000
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Peter wrote

> Ruttner compared isolated Italians from Kangaroo Island, Australia
> and Black Bees from Tasmania, with exactly known importation date
> (1825 and 1835 respectively) with data on ligustica and mellifera
> from Europe.

Just a correction to the date for the A.m. ligustica at Kangaroo Island.
The first introduction was around 1881 with some others a couple of years
later with legislation stopping imports about 1885.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA

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