Exactly my point Murox. What a meddlesome species we are.Aah! regrettably its already happened and wild cats are now confined to a few small enclaves.
Exactly my point Murox. What a meddlesome species we are.Aah! regrettably its already happened and wild cats are now confined to a few small enclaves.
Yes indeed we are.Exactly my point Murox. What a meddlesome species we are.
Does that include beekeepers?Yes humans always think they know best.
They are…. But they are orange.Beautiful
What latest thinking?Except the latest thinking on wild cats is that they can exist as a pure breed alongside pet cats.
This article has it that hybridisation is a symptom not a cause of the demise of the Scottish WildcatWhat latest thinking?
You need to quite a big beekeeping farm to breed your own bee stock.
Not really - you just need everyone keeping a pure subspecies native to the country you live in and no imports. There will be some genetic flow between your kept beeps and the wild living ones but everyone’s bees will be healthier for that and if at any time you run short of bees or you lose colonies you can set some swarm traps and replenish. In Ireland we are close to that but it’s definitely been compromised through ignorance and or greed. Not too late to turn that around though. In the UK it would take a lot more work but is still achievable.You need to quite a big beekeeping farm to breed your own bee stock.
And lots of money to get buildins and land property.
If you are selecting from feral colonies then you will be generally selecting from aggressive and swarmy stock. If you are selecting from your own pool of 50+ colonies you can select the best traits. The fewer the colonies, the fewer the genetic diversity to choose from.Not really - you just need everyone keeping a pure subspecies native to the country you live in and no imports. There will be some genetic flow between your kept beeps and the wild living ones but everyone’s bees will be healthier for that and if at any time you run short of bees or you lose colonies you can set some swarm traps and replenish. In Ireland we are close to that but it’s definitely been compromised through ignorance and or greed. Not too late to turn that around though. In the UK it would take a lot more work but is still achievable.
Nonsense. Maybe in the UK because you have so much hybridisation but here in Ireland you can catch swarms from wild colonies amd have quite calm bees from the get go. Some colonies may have a tendency to swarm some will not. Plenty of wild colonies here that don’t swarm every year. Selection in your own apiary will take care of anything else.If you are selecting from feral colonies then you will be generally selecting from aggressive and swarmy stock. If you are selecting from your own pool of 50+ colonies you can select the best traits. The fewer the colonies, the fewer the genetic diversity to choose from.
How do you do that?Not really - you just need everyone keeping a pure subspecies native to the country you live i
If you are selecting from feral colonies then you will be generally selecting from aggressive and swarmy stock. If you are selecting from your own pool of 50+ colonies you can select the best traits. The fewer the colonies, the fewer the genetic diversity to choose from.
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