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Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:04:02 -0500
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Dee writes
>to breed similar in size to correct for breeding purposes,
>how would this pertain to measurements by race?

The paper acknowledges that identifying by size is not all that accurate.
Wing vein pattern is much more accurate and it ignores size. 

Their aim was to make wing vein identification easier and quicker. Of
course, there may be hybrids that are not clearly one or another. 

Peter

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