Peter said:
" Following work done by Ben Oldroyd and others, I have abandoned the
> point of view that the genetic base of the domestic honey bee has
> become critically narrowed. That is not to say that intra-colony
> diversity is not important; I just do not believe we have inbred bees
> to a critical point."
According to the article I read, the queens currently available have only
about 2% of the origianl European Honey Bee genes where as ferel population
as gleaned from collected swarms in New York posess about 22% original
European Honey Bee Genes. Is this the answer? Does anyone know? I doubt
it. What it does say is we are concentraiting the gene pool and reguardless
of the species, it is not a good thing, in my opinion.
Respectfully,
Coleene
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