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Subject:	Bee Breeding
From:	Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 7 May 2012 21:37:13 -0400
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Hi all
I am currently researching the topic of the history of bee breeding and I stumbled upon the following reference which made me think of the so-called "small bees" that are touted in certain circles ...

> Mackensen reported finding a reduction in size of body parts appearing during the course of seven generations of inbreeding. Reduction, of the nine parts measured, varied from 1. 7 per cent to 10.8 per cent. 

in: GENETICS AND BREEDING OF THE HONEY BEE By WALTER C. ROTHENBUHLER, (1958)

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