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Billy wrote:

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"Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds" wrote:

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"Steve Peek" wrote:

Honeybees were first brought here by the pilgrams, by T. Jefferson's time
there were thousands of escaped "wild" colonies.

Which in fact means they weren't "native". Perhaps you mean invasive?

Try "feral".

Whatever you call them, you can't call them "native"