Peter L Borst
> We examined the changes in the morphometric and genetic profiles of an
> Africanized honey bee population collected near where the original African
> swarms escaped, after 34 years of Africanization. Workers from colonies
> sampled in 1968 and in 2002 were morphometrically analyzed using relative
> warps analysis and an Automatic Bee Identification System (ABIS).
I have just been reading about ABIS. It was designed as a tool to identify
species, rather than races, of bees. Whilst I can see that it might be able
to detect changes in AHB populations over a period of time, I am not sure
that it is capable of identifying the racial mix in a sample of bees.
Presumably it could identify racially pure samples, but would require
samples to be obtained first so that it can be 'taught' to recognise them.
Best wishes
Peter
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