Hi All, Is there a method to approximate the number of feral colonys that we have in any area? I gave a talk to a school today about bees. About 150 children were present.The children noticed that there were few bees around this year. So I took a drive around and scouted apple trees and dandilion blooms. I saw 1 honey bee in two hours.40 t0 50 apple trees. The sun was shinning also. I think feral colonys are history in my area.This seems worse to me than I first thought that we would loose some honey bees and would have some wild one left to pollenate the wild berrys and nut for the birds to live on. I would like to know if there are any ongoin studys going on about the wild bees? We may see some major changes in wildlife because of the loss of the feral colonys. I'm in Washington state USA and I wonder if othere areas have the same problem. Thank You Beast Reagards Roy