From: Dennis Murrell <hvgjun@juno.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 18:21:17 -0600
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Wing Veins

Hello Everyone,

I have been playing with the wing diagrams Dee has provided and a scan of
a bee wing from one of my own bees. It is not an easy task to visually
compare the two. Subtle difference are hard to discern on the computer
screen unless like Dee suggested they are plotted and overlayed.

Could an easy field method involve scanning a referenced wing with a
given resolution say 1200dpi? Beekeepers could then scan their own bee
wings at the same resolution, download the reference scan and plot both
of them on his own printer. Any difference or distortion caused by
differing screen or printer resolutions or aspect ratios would be
minimized. No measurements or math would be necessary.

Older material such as wing drawings could be scanned and if the
measurements are available scaled to reflect the math. These could then
be used to visually compare against actual wing scans.

Just an idea.

Dennis Murrell