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We did go through this discussion long ago. It all rides on the
definition of domesticated.
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Pronunciation verb, -cat·ed, -cat·ing. –verb (used with object)
1. to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
2. to tame (an animal), esp. by generations of breeding, to live in
close association with human beings as a pet or work animal and usually
creating a dependency so that the animal loses its ability to live in
the wild.
3. to adapt (a plant) so as to be cultivated by and beneficial to human
beings.
4. to accustom to household life or affairs.
5. to take (something foreign, unfamiliar, etc.) for one's own use or
purposes; adopt.
6. to make more ordinary, familiar, acceptable, or the like: to
domesticate radical ideas.
–verb (used without object)
7. to be domestic.
Bees fit only half of 1, and even there it is a stretch. None of the
other definitions fit, so bees are not domesticated.
In truth, they act the same in a tree as they do in a box in your apiary.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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