Tom Seeley, not me. It seems that given plenty of available nest sites
scattered over a wide area bees will tend to separate their colonies by about
half a mile. However, without that 'given' they would have no choice but to use
whatever is available even though it might not be their first preference.
Chris
In a message dated 13/05/2007 16:58:21 GMT Standard Time,
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with several feral colonies
within an amazingly short stones throw of each other. Not
all places have trees like you are used to seeing you know.
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