Chris- There is a test for Africanized Bees, called FABIS, and based on wing length. The USDA page has been moved, but I found a report on the study here: http://beesource.com/point-of-view/africanized-honey-bees/fabis-manual-fast-africanized-bee-identification-system/ Jennifer Berry On Friday, September 9, 2016, < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > That's redundant. Morphometrics _is_ measuring. It literally means "shape > and size measuring." > > Morphometrics as a tool isn't entirely redundant as it can be used at > almost no expense by amateur beekeepers to give a reasonably accurate > assessment of racial characteristics of their bees. Its is not, of course > as accurate as genetic analysis but the tools to do that are not readily > available. > > Morphometrics was the tool used to identify Apis mellifera mellifera, the > northern European bee, and distinguish it from Am ligustica, carnica and > all the rest. The simplest way was to put wing veins on a glass slide, > project the image onto a screen and measure lengths and angles, plot on a > graph and check the book. Nowadays a computer can do it for you if you have > an up to date scanner (which I don't!). > > I wonder whether there are diagrams and measurements for the Africanised > bees, Am scutellata? This would enable beekeepers in America to decide > whether their bees are stroppy because of their race rather than > weather/disturbance etc. > > Chris > > *********************************************** > 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 > -- *Jennifer Berry* *510.621.7867* *jrobinberry.com <http://jrobinberry.com>* *jennifer-berrybees.com <http://jennifer-berrybees.com>* *********************************************** 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