> So it's up to us to adjust to the biology and behavior of the bees, rather than the other way around.

But we don't understand the actual behavior of bees sufficiently to make anything more than the most general of statements, all requiring more qualification that assertion.

The best we can do is to make statements that based on outcomes shown to be statistically more probable than other outcomes.
But beekeepers and statistics don't mix well.

We can certainly understand the biology of bees, but that, in itself, rarely provides useful information of practical value to the beekeeper.

So, if I toss my bees into wine crates and ignore them for 2 months at a time, and my friend uses every possible advanced tool and technique to assure the success of his hives, which of us will have larger populations and larger honey crops?

It’s a toss-up, every season, and we could keep playing the game forever.

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