In a message dated 01/08/2008 15:30:36 GMT Daylight Time,  
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<<Have the phenomenae of Apiary Vicinity mating and Bubble  assemblies been 
studied in US ? I was of the opinion that such traits were  closely 
related to A. m. mellifera, rather than any of the hybrid races  that 
abound in US.>>




Dunno about studied, but the 1917 edition of the  ABC & XYZ has a series of 
accounts of AVM in its article on 'drones', and  one of them explicitly 
describes the bees concerned as 'Italians'. I wonder  whether it's actually a case of 
the behaviour being associated with AMM simply  because that's where it has 
been studied.  

Regards,

Robert Brenchley

Birmingham  UK




   

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