Just read that this am.. I’ve got 6 wild hives that seem to be doing extremely well this year..
see:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892121/posts
Good on ya!
Muzzie bees?
I used to have one hive of the little wild black bees. They were more trouble than all the others put together.
Made more honey . . . but lots more trouble.
Now I've got Italian/Caucasian hybrids that are so gentle that I sometimes don't bother to suit up, just grab my smoker. Got 18 pounds off the hive in the main honeyflow this spring.
I'd rather have less honey and less trouble!