Chris >I think the Manx bee is also AMM, and I think that there are some in West >Cornwall. The Manx bees are variable. We did a weekend morphometry workshop and looked at a number of samples. Some were excellent, others very mongrelised. The local association are working to breed from the purest of the A.m.m. The Isle of Man is independent of the UK and they could therefore ban imports. Best wishes Peter *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm