>What you are describing is a breed or cultivar, not a race.
No, A.m.m. is a race.
>Why select for color at all for instance?
Because A.m.m. is a dark bee - so eliminating yellow colouration is an
obvious and easy start.
>What we really may need to improve our bee's performance is more in line
with what is going on in Holstein cattle breeding.
I would not wish to do that to bees. Are you aware that they are now
talking about Holstein cattle needing brassieres?
We do not have the right to do that to any animal.
Just because we can do something does not make it ethical, desirable or
sensible.
>"For every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and
wrong." H. L. Mencken
How true!
Best wishes
Peter
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W
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