I seem to recall reading an article several years ago in ABJ about a research project on some islands off the coast of southern California. There is a population of feral european honey bees that were supplanting the native solitary bess, etc. The plan was to remove all the feral bees and see how the natives responded. I believe the islands were Federal property. This is the opposite of the original question. Has anyone heard any follow-up on this? Cheers, David Morris