Thanks.  I think this approach is not all that radical.  Of course the 
problem, as is often the case in beekeeping, is that one beekeeper can 
decide whatever he/she likes, but the ability to achieve that depends on 
what the neighbours and passersby are doing.  Although some advocate strict 
regulation, bordering on fascism, beekeepers, being beekeepers tend to 
ignore regulations where they can, making many good ideas impracticable.

...(b) Practise "primitive" beekeeping as is the case in Africa by allowing 
natural selection processes to determine which are the most significant 
characteristics for selection and not the beekeepers or bee scientists, at 
least to some extent. It is also best to use an un-manipulated wild 
population, and for this population to be as large as possible.

Does this include in your view, repealing the prohibition against 
non-movable frame hives? 

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