> I would like to see the evidence that leads one to assume bees “tend to
> separate their colonies by about half a mile”. I would think that this is
> within the chance of random for feral colonies to appear to be spread out
> by that distance.
Exactly. I don' t think the bees do this deliberately. I suspect it is a
result of the climate, terrain, flora, and also the health and swarming
tendancy of the bees in question.
> There are many references that dispute this assumption
There are many factors which can be expected to cause exceptions, one way
and another. It may be a useless generalization.
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