What I should have added is that, unlike when breeding animals or plants, with honey bees we are trying to obtain suitable *colonies* and neighbourhoods, not superior *individuals*.
So ,the methods traditionally used for other breeding cannot IMO necessarily apply or achieve the same results.
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