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Subject:	Re: Yellow-Legged Hornet
From:	Bill Hesbach <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:25:30 -0400
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> Is it possible, can we expect the yellow-legged hornet to interbreed genetically and enhance the characteristics of the original European hornet? 


I don't think it's possible for Vespa velutina and Vespa crabro to interbreed successfully. In the same way, Apis florea and Apis cerana can't interbreed.  Subspecies within the same species are likely to be able to interbreed successfully, like our infamous union of various species of Apis mellifera and Apis mellifera scutellata.

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