Peter Borst wrote

> This subject centers around the question "In what way are they
> domesticated?" In other words, how are they distinct from a wild hive? If
> the answer is: no different, then there is your answer. African bees in
> hives seem every bit as wild as African bees in trees.

African bees have never been domesticated, so yes, if you put them in a
hive, they are still every bit as wild as African bees. As I have said
before, there is a difference between the European and the African races
- the Europeans have been domesticated.

Bill Truesdell wrote

> In truth, they act the same in a tree as they do in a box in your apiary.

But your bees in the tree are ferals (escaped domestibee's), so you can
not really expect them to be that different, can you ?

Peter Edwards wrote

>  what about: 'creating a dependency so that the animal loses its 
> ability to live in the wild'?

You consider cats domesticated ? They have not lost their ability to
survive in the wild.
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