Tom Barrett asks if, " ... there should be an increase in the forage
available to the compliant beekeepers?"

Not more forage, but definitely less competition for what's out there!
It seems so to me based on recent harvests.  I was talking to a long
time beekeeper who estimates with the demise of feral colonies, an
avergae yard in our area (upstate New York) can contain 30 hives,
whereas he would only have put 20 colonies in the same yard BV
(before varroa).

Aaron Morris - thinking more is more!