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Re: Blundering Along in Bee Breeding
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 27 Mar 2015 07:54:44 -0700
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> >Where did you come to that conclusion??  Domestic includes horses, pigs,
> rabbits and cattle and goats. As the majority,  might add chickens.  Every
> one of those will survive  on there own in the wild.....  Feral hogs
> everywhere in the country,  Wild chickens in florida,  wild horses in many
> places.
>

Charlie, could you please give us examples of domesticated breeds that have
survived for several generations in the wild without reverting back towards
the wild type?   Even Darwin pointed out that domesticated breeds rarely
survive for long in the wild.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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