>You mentioned this in your last writing also,  curious  how long do you

> think that takes?


Depends upon how hard your selection pressure is.  We have a zero tolerance
policy.  Do only a few years.


> >  I have not noticed ferals being any hotter then any other
> hives,  I do 8-10 cutouts from loggers and power companies a year.


Charlie, it is important in this discussion to distinguish between escaped
swarms and truly established feral populations.  I believe that you stated
before that there were no ferals in your area, perhaps due to lack of
suitable nesting cavities in which a locally-adapted population could
maintain a breeding population?

If so, then your cutouts would likely be escaped swarms, and hence gentle.

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

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