Greetings
I have a "feral" colony here at my yard. This was captured last summer as a
swarm and hived on starter strips. The bars were never rotated from the
initial position, no chemicals were ever used, and no requeening was ever
done. Completely natural. Also, 99% dead, due to mite disease. Probably a
hundred bees left. They made absolutely no honey this year. The managed
hives averaged about 200 pounds.

pb