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Re: African Origin of Honey Bees
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:41:00 -0800
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>> Honey Bee Genome Project Reveals Possible African Origin of All Honey 
>> Bees

What this suggests to me is that the European bee may have some old African 
genes in the back closet, which could be selected for to breed for the pest 
resistance that scutellata demonstrates.

Randy Oliver 

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