>
> 1.  generally had their entrances at the top, not at the bottom.
> 2.  generally had entrances substantially smaller than the cross-sectional
> area of the standard Langstroth bottom entrance.
> 3.  had different moisture-related properties because the wood of a
> standing tree was "live".


Didn't Dr. Seeley's work find the opposite of #1, while confirming #2?

As for #3, my understanding was that feral colonies coat the interior walls
of their cavities with propolis. If so, It should remove many of the
"moisture absorbing" qualities that the "live" tree had, although arguably
not all of them.

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