>> Such data suggests a recovery of the feral stock, perhaps with an elevated
>> rate of swarming.

> What I have seen this past May would
> lead one to believe ferals have an elevated
> rate of swarming.  But I think this may
> be a misinterpretation of the data.

If Tom Seeley is to be believed, ferals, and hived bees
too for that matter once they have gone back to nature,
select fairly small cavities compared to normal managed
hives.

Non-managed bees can therefore be expected to
swarm more often than managed bees.

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