From: "Dave Cushman" <dave.cushman@lineone.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 12:04:50 -0000
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@egroups.com>
Subject: Re: Colour and Climate

Hi all

----- Original Message -----
From: John Sewell <lucindajohn@sewellhome.freeserve.co.uk>

> but every text I've referenced so far has drawings of
> genes and diagrams of alleles, not photos. My apologies if this is a very
> junior question...but can we see them?

I have seen a Scanning Electro Micrograph purporting to be of human genes.
I do not know how the size differs between humans and bees.
The SEM was produced by vapourising aluminium onto the specimen.
The definition was poor...the result looked like a piece of "Kellog's All
Bran" breakfast cereal.

> Beowulf Cooper performed experiments in England years ago with
> combsize, but the original material seems to be obscure. I hope I'm
> not being obtuse, but
> he settled on a larger combsize seemingly because of Belgian success with
> larger dark bees. The direct references in the book are few, but there are
> several photos of experiments, one with 3 sizes of comb on one
> frame. There is very little transition comb apparent, and no signs of
> that awful 'lost pattern' comb I've seen

I have an idea that some of Beo's data on this experiment still exists in
the murky depths of a friend's bee shed. I will tackle him in a few days (he
is on holiday at the moment).

I thought the awful 'lost pattern' comb was quite revealing.

Regards Dave Cushman