> "....throughout the study the colonies with African
> mtDNA consistently had slightly greater brood
> production, almost twice as much pollen collection
> activity, and traveled approximately 600 m less per
> round trip of foraging"

Did they produce more honey?

The above figures are good if you are trapping pollen or selling brood but
at the end of the day the beekeeper gets paid for honey.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA
Coming to Apimondia in Australia in 2007?

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