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Re: Darwin's Black Box
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Seth Charbonneau <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 19 Dec 2019 02:07:54 +0000
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>> Genetics may play a part, but those bees are not Africanized.


Maybe not Africanized (not sure @what % the line is), but Its worth noting the modern feral bees in the area have African genes that weren't there pre varroa

Mikheyev, A., Tin, M., Arora, J. et al. Museum samples reveal rapid evolution by wild honey bees exposed to a novel parasite. Nat Commun 6, 7991 (2015)

" In addition, modern bees have a detectable component of African descent. Interestingly, the modern bees show an increase in genetic ancestry from the Arabian Peninsula, not typically found in domestic stock "


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