I'm sorry am home now. On Nov 14, 2014, at 12:46 PM, Kenneth <k.preteroti@verizon.net> wrote: > Bees, white mans flies, have been in the americas for a long time. What impact they may have had to native pollinators may never bee known. I think we need to differentiate between managed bees and feral bees. Managed bees are often clustered in large numbers and very well could impact natives within the managed area. Feral bees I believe studies have shown are separated by distances of 1000 feet ( could be 1000meters). At those densities I would not think they could impact natives too much. Also feral bee colonies are much smaller than managed colonies. > > Ken P > Old Bridge, NJ > Zone 6b > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/