--- "D. Murrell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
...How could natural equilibrium be pushed so far
> out of bounds that it
> requires a beekeepers intervention with regression
> to re-establish it?


A very good question!
IMHO, there are other things that had an equally
severe impact on the equilibrium.  For instance, the
practice of shipping bees into vastly different
climatic areas that the genetics are not acclimatized
to will also severely impact the equilibrium of the
already established local population thru breeding,
making the local adapted genetics 'less fit' for their
own climate.  And then there's artificially propping
up of poor genetics thru artificial stimulants and
chemicals keeps these genes in the breeding pool that
would otherwise not deserve it.  Then there's grafting
which 'if not done properly', takes out the "survival
of the fittest" and genetic variation equation.  Also
drone colonies, unnaturally flood the area with huge
numbers of drones from genetics which might otherwise
not have earned this unfair advantage thru natural
process.

Please note that I did not mention size cell anywhere
in my post. ;>)



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