>Therein lies the rub as I do not think you could ever get a group of biologists to agree on definitions that define breed versus subspecies versus race versus whatever terms I have forgotten to include such as variety or cultivar.


Exactly, and the issue I have is that beekeepers will falsely assign what they imagine as behavioral characteristics associated with an ancestral heritage and then expect their bees to behave in concert. It discourages observational beekeeping and leaves some beekeepers vulnerable to purchasing expensive queens that are simply bee stock. 

 

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