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goosey

Joined: 29 Apr 2009
Posts: 380
Location: Merry England

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 09 3:25 pm Post subject: Apis mellifera mellifera

There has been mention on the forum about our dark bees Apis mellifera mellifera. One of the ways of identifying them is the pattern of the veins on their wings, and their hair type.
I belong to The Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Assn., one of whose aims is to conserve and restore our own bees. You may like to visit www.bibba.com and read more about their work.
With all the imported bees coming here to supply the recent demand for colonies, it is even more important to make sure our own don't become as rare as red squirrels, or worse......

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 09 3:32 pm Post subject:
Got any pretty pictures to shove up?

goosey

Joined: 29 Apr 2009
Posts: 380
Location: Merry England

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 09 4:15 pm Post subject:
Sorry Nick, I haven't taken any pics of bees, I'm just flagging up this Assn., and I'm just a member, not an expert. I think there might be some information, and graphs on their site, they can identify your bees for you, see info

Mrs Baggins

Joined: 21 Sep 2008
Posts: 837
Location: West Kent

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 09 6:56 pm Post subject:
I'm really interested in this goosy - thx for the info and the link.

Nik

Joined: 27 Jan 2009
Posts: 7
Location: Lancashire

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 09 7:35 am Post subject:
I just took a sample of one of my hives to look at the wings and take the measurements recommened. I did this as they did look quite dark compared to some of the other hive I work with. Unfortunately the results show a hybrid trend toward carnica. Quite disappointing really but very interesting!

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