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Keith Malone <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi Isis,

> So far as I know, nobody has ever proven that this has taken place anywhere.
> 

It is explained in some antique books.

> Environmental effects cannot be directly inherited. 
>

Unless the affect of the effect is selected and breed for which has been done for comb building, bee size, varroa tolerance, and local conditions, etc.

> (Remember Lamark?)
>

A much misunderstood individual and one of the distant past. The affects of enlarged bees is more contemporary.

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