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Summary 
Insofar as normal honey bee behavior was observed in these 
studies with artificial swarms, our results indicate that swarms fre- 
quently move at least 300 meters from their parent colony to a new 
nest site, but that they do not prefer nest sites far from their parent 
colonies. Instead, swarms may prefer a nest site which is near the 
parent colony. Therefore the spacing of suitable nest sites appears 
to be a major determinant of the spacing of feral honey bee colo- 
nies, and behaviors promoting colony spacing to reduce foraging 
competition may not exist in the European races of honey bees. 
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