Posted by kopeck on November 01, 2008 at 12:51:33 from (216.227.10.104):
In Reply to: Honey bees posted by john in la on November 01, 2008 at 09:24:42:
Well, see here's the thing, Honey Bees are not native to the US, everything we have are European Honey Bees. So, that being said, there's no really "wild" honey bees in the states. The feral colonies that are out there where at one point kicked of by a managed colony (they swarmed).
Before mites became a real problem (pre '80s from what I read), feral colonies did pretty well. Since the mite invasion feral colonies, at least in my neck of the wood (Maine) pretty much vanished. The long winters really magnify the mite problems. Southern, warmer states I'm sure do better but once you get so far south you start to run into Americanized Honey Bees, which tend to be survivors but also pretty mean.
Let me put it this way, in the northeast you have to work to keep your manged colonies in shape, feral ones don't get that attention.
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