“wild swarm honey”
Information, please. What is “wild swarm” honey?
Honey bees of my acquaintance ranged far and wide to gather flower blossom nectar, at times mostly alfalfa and/or clover, no doubt, but generally of uncertain provenance. In certain localized situations (southwest Wisconsin, for example) beekepers are able to label their product “basswood” honey, being fairly certain that the blossoms of the basswood trees common to that region were nearly the sole source of nectar.
“wild swarm”
means the bees are wild and you catch the swarm. commercial bees, and most beekeepers buy package bees that are usually italian but sometimes russian. so they probably have different genetics than the wild. i noticed my wild swarm seemed a lot more robust than my neighbors package bees.
sadly, the hive died next year from sudden colony collapse.