On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:57:25 -0800, Mike Stoops <[log in to unmask]> 
wrote:

>So the suggestion here is that migratory people 8K to 12K years ago had 
developed to the point where they took colonies of bees with them as they 

There are two distinct events here, seperated by 10K yrs
When it is cold you only get scrubby small trees, eg black spruce
These are too small to be BEE TREES
When it warms, if there is enough rain, then a climax forest
develops.  Then there are a few BEE TREES and hence bees
Man is not involved in this process

>... the Primorski area bees arrived there by natural migration. They were 
>taken there by immigrants from western Russia/Ukraine ...
>-- 
>Murray McGregor
If this emigration happened before the trans-siberian RR
(1891-1916) this is most impressive.   It IS 6K miles
How many hives / wagon? How long to travel so far!!!

dave

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