> There is absolutely nothing preventing them from breeding with each other.
I'd suggest being cautious about "absolute" statements. Prior to
beekeeping, *A mellifera* subspeciated into a number of races in Africa and
Europe, but there was no sharp genetic transition between each race--their
genetics overlapped between races. Yet they still developed into
morphologically, behaviorally, and genetically-identifiable races.
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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