THE PROBLEM OF BREEDING

A great deal has already been said and written about the possibilities
of breeding, and diametrically opposed views have been put forward.
Some maintain that the bee is a creature of the wild, which in the course
of millions of years has achieved a certain fixity of type and character.
Hence all the time and money spent on breeding is to no purpose, since
no improvement of the bee is possible. On the contrary, others - the
optimists - anticipate results from breeding which to say the least
appear very unlikely. Because of these conflicting viewpoints, clear
ideas are essential for any work in breeding. Unreliable methods and
doubt as to the final aims are useless ; conclusive results are obtained
only by steady perseverance and the scientific pursuit of a well defined aim.

Adam, B. (1954). Bee breeding. Bee World, 35(1), 4-13.

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