Chris writes:

Is colour the only criterion by which you judge whether the
bees are  'Italian' or not?  The darker colour could be
selected for rapidly within a  race if it was advantageous
eg living higher.

Reply:
Actuallly it is not the only criterion used. I have used
since the beginning of what we have done, a set of
traits/characteristics to follow pulled up from old
archives, which includes looking at wing veins, that we
compiled, and then how they break out low to high
altitudes/latitudes, besides time of year FWIW. But it is
strictly keyed to working within a natural field management
system.

Regards,

Dee A. Lusby 
 



 
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