Since you're continuing on this thread Pete, you should have brought up
Ruttner's response to the paper that you cited, in which he expressed his
opinions as to why the project appeared to fail, as well as his criticism
of  the methodology of Moritz used to support the claim of failure.
Ruttner (1991) Biometrical Control of Breeding, Journal of Apicultural
Research, 30:2, 113-114,

>
> >However, other species have learned to survive and thrive by fitting in
> to available niches


Species don't "learn."


> ,>so it isn't always a pitched battle for resources


It is ALWAYS a pitched battle for resources.  If it weren't, there would be
no more than a single species on this planet.


> >. Nature also succeeds via opportunism, chance, and luck.
>

Nature doesn't "succeed"--it just is.  Certain genetic combinations may be
temporarily successful at exploiting certain niches.


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

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