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Adrian Wenner <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 11 Feb 2002 12:42:00 -0800
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   In reference to the following message:

>>    As some of you may remember, this is the bee yard where we collected 10
>> queens last June and shipped them to Jim Tew, Gard Otis, and Zachary Huang
>> for an experiment they are conducting.  They obtained 10 queens from each
>> of three geographic locations, where beekeepers had not treated colonies
>> with anything to control varroa.

   Allen Dick inquired:

>This is very interesting.  Can you name those other two areas?

   No, I don't know the other two areas.  Gard Otis ([log in to unmask])
would know.

>Do the bees
>you are mentioning have any other unusual characteristics, or are they
>apparently just like other local bees?

   No, we see nothing unusual; they are just a mongrel lot, with queens
varying in color from very dark to very light.  Right now scout bees are
checking out one of the swarm hives in our yard here in downtown Santa
Barbara.  They would be from another survivor colony --- not maintained by
any beekeeper.

                                                Adrian

Adrian M. Wenner                    (805) 963-8508 (home phone)
967 Garcia Road                     (805) 893-8062  (UCSB FAX)
Santa Barbara, CA  93106  [http://www.beesource.com/pov/wenner/index.htm]

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