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Re: Differing between commercial and feral colonies
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Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]> wrote:How do you differentiate between "commercial" and "feral"? Aren't ferals
mostly escaped commercial stock? Why would they be different?

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Peter,
    I am not too knowledgeable in this area, but think the loacation souce of the swarm would be an indicator.  Swarms collected aournd habitable areas would probably be of commercial origin, though not necessarily so.  But, swarms collected from areas of sparse human population could probably be considerd truely feral.   Just my 6 cents worth.

Mike in LA


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