From: RSBrenchley@aol.com
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 02:20:09 EST
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@egroups.com
Subject: Re: Cell size in Supers

Helmut writes:

> The race origin is usually a very mixed one since propagation is
> totally beyond human interference.As time goes by the tendency of the
> darker side of color appears to be dominant.

Please forgive my ignorance, but where is Wa., and what's the climate
like? People often remark that darker bees tend to predominate; it would be
interesting to know whether this is due to climate (darker races having the
advantage in certain climates?) or genetics (the gene for dark colour being
dominant?)

Regards,

Robert Brenchley

RSBrenchley@aol.com