I couldn't find anything that indicated the Nazis had any policy toward honey bee races. However, there's this:

> In Germany the native dark bee had been completely mongrelised by the large scale introduction of foreign bees, chiefly ligustica and carnica and the honey bee population was generally unproductive and aggressive. A decision was made by the Deutscher Imkerbund (the German beekeepers association), supported by the Provincial and Federal Governments and the majority of German beekeepers, to convert completely to Carniolan bees, using selected strains and to control bee breeding by licensing breeders, so as to ensure maintenance of the purity of the breed and improve the productivity and other desirable attributes. This programme has now been virtually completed, although importation of foreign bees is still permissible under the law.

> In other North European countries there has been a tendency to move over to Carniolan bees, although in recent years an increasing interest has been shown in re-establishing the North European Dark Bee, A m mellifera, in most countries in which it is autochthonous (the original sub-species). 

-- Ashleigh Milner
http://www.bibba.com/origins_milner.php

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