>I doubt there are many places in SoCal with what would be considered
"ample" distance from feral populations, that could entirely remove some
mixing of genetics.

Tyson, I've spoken with others in SoCal about this problem.  There are
plenty of places in SoCal where there are no feral bees--such as in the
desert areas.  All that you'd need to do is to control your matings by
moving a truckload of nucs and drone mother colonies for two weeks, just as
Brother Adam used to do.

Even better if you first eliminate any drones other than those in the drone
mother colonies.  That wouldn't be necessary if all your nucs came from
gentle colonies, as drones carry only their mothers' genes.

I wish you the best of luck on your endeavor!

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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