« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2010, 08:38:25 pm »
Although I use the term often, it's difficult to label any colony as "feral". I've done removals where the people swear that the bees have been there 10 years only to find (what looks like to me anyway) that the bees have absconded repeatedly only to have the comb taken over by newer swarms. There are only a few that had adequate comb and stored resources for me to consider them feral. The best I can say is just keep trying for that pot of gold.
Out of the (hopefully) many "feral" colonies you may collect you can start to select for desired traits.
Scott
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