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... Bee Tidings, Nebraska Cooperative Extension Newsletter -- http://ianrwww.unl.edu/ianr/entomol/beekpg/tidings/btidsp97.htm#Item2 --). If this is so, there is the possibility that inbreeding depression may be reaching epidemic proportions, and some of the weaknesses seen in bee populations attributed to a variety of causes may in fact be due to this condition. Unfortunately, little is known about the genetic history of many queen mothers used in commercial operations. Nevertheless, it is important to know about the situation and its possible implications. As inbreeding becomes more probable, the concept of making the 1922 ...