There has to be some measure of adaptation such as higher productivity on local flows, or increased survivability -- both of these compared to run of the mill honey bee stock.


Thanks  Pete,  but not quite the answer I was looking for.  We certainly could say a stable population in a given area over many generations fits that description.

I was referring more to the recent sales pitch, or instructions for a breeding program.   Randy has a map he like that shows a whole dang bunch of "areas"   so how does one, in this day and age of mites,  define locally adapted for the purpose of advertisements or breeding.   
I hear it a lot,  but the only answer I ever get is to catch swarms.....   Somehow that seems to me to not be a reasonable criteria.

Charles

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