Mike writes:
then you suddenly get darker colored worker bees alighting
onto the landing board, it's a pretty strong signal that
something is amiss.

Reply:
Define darker colored worker bees here............as
pertains to scuts. I would say darker ORANGEISH from what
color photographs I have seen, especially back in the 1980s
even. and here you can reference Calif Agric Nov/Dec 1985
pg 4, and American Scientist Sep/Oct 1988. So today telling
our modern lighter Italians apart might not be so hard,
from those in the 1980s or earlier, but then what have we
lost since then in going lighter?;not to mention even
larger cell sizes artificially?

Respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers



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