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Re: Bee Breeding, 2016 and beyond
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 14 Dec 2016 12:49:49 -0800
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>But does nature really select at all? Of course not.

Back to semantics again, Pete.  Nature selects with a very firm hand
 However, her selection is only negative--i.e., she selects against (or
more properly, arithmetic selects against) those genetic combinations that
fail to reproduce themselves as successfully as others.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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