Ann wrote:
enigma expounded:

oddly, that's not true. there are very few 'wild' hives of
honeybees.

Thankfully they seem to be on a bit of a comeback. There have been
feral hives located that show resistance to varroa. There may be hope
- that is if humans will leave them alone and let them adapt!

I was reading something in one of the "Mother Country Backwoods Grit
News" magazines about, by breeding the ferocity out of bees, we've also
bred out their ability to fight back against mites, etc.