>>> .  If the hybrid Starline bee were indeed superior, it would have displaced all other bee bloodlines across the U.S.  If the latest hybrid corn, soy, or chicken were "far superior" they would also have displaced all wild types.<><><>    It's my understanding that maintaining the Starline cross was extremely difficult and time consuming - a result of maintaining the two parent strains because queens from the Starline queens would not breed true in the F2 generation.      With the hybrid grain, again the F2 generation would breed back to the parent genotype, not the hybrid genotype.  And....  have you tried to buy non-hybrid corn seed in the volume needed for large farm type operations?  It's hard to find sometimes.
Mike in LA


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