In article <[log in to unmask]>, Garth
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>Hi All/Ian
>
>Ian you mentioned a quote from The Hive and the Honey Bee in which it
>is stated that monticula remain pretty much segregated as a race from
>scutellata despite seasonal migratory practices etc - 1961 and
>another quote by Ruttner -1988.
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I thought that the whole point about that segment was that a.m.
monticola was NOT the only race found above a certain hight on Mt.
Kilimanjaro and that there was inter-breeding. It seemed to me that the
message was that it was ENVIRONMENT (i.e. no interference from
predators) rather than GENETICS that made the monticola less aggressive.
--
Paul Walton
Bedfordshire, England
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