I don't want to sound negative about the paper or researchers.  But the
paper looked like someone trying salvage something to publish out of
results that didn't go as expected.

>This snippet seems to reinforce the idea that honey bees are amenable to
different climate zones, and casts doubt on the process of acclimation over
time, even a hundred years.

Pete, perhaps you could explain how you drew that conclusion from the
snippet that you posted.
-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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