The US wild bee population got hammered hard back in the 80s by some kind of parasite. I've seen numbers ranging from 25 to 80% hive failure in the wild as a result, I haven't seen much about how well they've recovered. I will say that I haven't seen wild fruit trees in Vermont and New Hampshire with a decent yield in well over a decade, for what it is worth.
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