A truly feral, unmanaged colony must be a very rare thing these days, certainly in most of the UK.
If interested, have a look at:
https://www.honeybeewatch.com/resources
Which is the extension component of COLOSS's Survivor Group Task Force.
Recently Paul Honigmann gave a presentation on feral Colonies he has located in his Oxfordshire village. Interesting stuff. It is near the top of the Resources page.
I believe the term 'Free Living' was coined by Dr. Grace McCormack's team and was picked-up by Roger Patterson and BIBBA.
FWIW, Roger's presentation at the 2017 National Honey Show is well worth the investment IMHO.
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