Further complicating the issue is the fact that breeding and adaptation are two radically different things. The beekeeper has things he or she wants in a hive bee. Whereas, if living in a beekeeper's hive is inherently unhealthy (what with the crowding, comb exchange, etc.) then natural selection is likely to produce a bee that refuses to live in hives. The tropical bees Apis dorsata and Apis florea are like this. They won't be kept. Further, the bees of Gotland, while they survive without treatment, never amount to much. Again, there may be a tradeoff between productivity and survivability. Wild types are usually far less productive than domesticated types selected for production value.

PLB

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