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In a message dated 26/09/05 15:16:58 GMT Daylight Time,
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<<The dictionary def. lists the word strain the same as race.>>
I always understood a 'race' of bee to be the same as a subspecies, and a
'strain' a identifiable line with identifiable characteristics, normally within
a race, as hybrids don't breed true enough to retain characteristics down
the generations. So I might have A.m.m, or near A.m.m., which use more
propolis, or winter in smaller clusters, than someone else's strain, but they'd both
be A.m.m. Maybe you see things differently in the US.
Regards,
Robert Brenchley
Birmingham UK
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