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Re: Do locally adapted honey bees exist in USA ?
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 26 Mar 2018 07:26:31 -0700
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> >Since honey bee arrived "recently" to USA from Europe, and it`s a non
> native  specie in the States (and other places around the world)...I wonder
> if make sense talk about "locally adpated"


Research from the '60s in California suggests that local adaptation occurs
quickly, and that such populations maintain genetic integrity despite the
managed hives in the area.


-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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