> The morphometry is only used as a confirmation. morphometry on it's own > will give you a set of measuring tools and methods of analysis. You apply > this measurement to colonies that you have selected from the intensive > data that has been kept on each colony, in order that you can say I have a > colony with XYZ characteristics that also lies within the racial type of > the bee we wish to propagate. If I'm reading that right, it looks to me as if you are saying that morphometrics is only good for comparison and selection within a known population of honey bees. If so, by extension, I would see that as suggesting that the technique is not well suited to identifying the race of unknown samples of honey bees. Can you expand a bit on what you are saying and clarify that point? Thanks. allen -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l for rules, FAQ and other info ---