>I am suspicious of the claim that the genetic pool in the USA is too 
>narrow.

The data of Steve Sheppard and Debby Delany certainly support the hypothesis 
that bee genetics are not uniform over the USA, and that we have lost 
genetics that we previously had.
Randy Oliver 

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