Anyone with access to a good library can prob find references to several
papers by Howell Daly, Steve Sheppard, and others supporting the view
that many feral populations are different from the "strayed" populations
common around managed areas.
I fail to understand why this same view (that all ferals are strays)
keeps coming up, at least since I have been online (about 1990).
  - John

Isis Glass wrote:

>our friend writes:
>There have been a number of reports on this list that suggests that many
>feral bees are somewhat genetically dissimilar to most "owned" bees.
>
>Comment:
>
> It's a small wonder there are so few serious bee researchers on this list.
>
>

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