We did go through this discussion long ago. It all rides on the 
definition of domesticated.

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Pronunciation verb, -cat·ed, -cat·ing. –verb (used with object)
1. 	to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.

2. 	to tame (an animal), esp. by generations of breeding, to live in 
close association with human beings as a pet or work animal and usually 
creating a dependency so that the animal loses its ability to live in 
the wild.

3. 	to adapt (a plant) so as to be cultivated by and beneficial to human 
beings.

4. 	to accustom to household life or affairs.

5. 	to take (something foreign, unfamiliar, etc.) for one's own use or 
purposes; adopt.

6. 	to make more ordinary, familiar, acceptable, or the like: to 
domesticate radical ideas.

–verb (used without object)
7. 	to be domestic.


Bees fit only half of 1, and even there it is a stretch. None of the 
other definitions fit, so bees are not domesticated.

In truth, they act the same in a tree as they do in a box in your apiary.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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