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Subject:
Diluting the genetics of AHB
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Mike Stoops <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:41:54 -0800
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Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]> wrote:FROM  QUOTED MATERIAL:   
.......and A. m. scutellata Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau. A. m.
iberiensis in southern Spain carries African mtDNA. 
The idea immediately popped to my mind.  What are the characteristics of this strain of bee?  Would it interbreed with the AHB strains that are migrating into the U.S.?  What would the effects be on the behavior of such interbreeding?  Do we dare import more strains into the U.S. in an effort to mitigate the effects of the AHB?

Mike


		
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