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