>> (I had been adding hygienic and supposedly varroa tolerant stock) > I would be interested in your opinion on how you would rank the queens you > have been using. I addressed the hygienic aspect in my previous response and realise that I did not comment on varroa tolerance. In that regard, I suppose my results speak for themselves, however some of the varroa tolerant stock was introduced this year in splits and the results are not readily apparent - yet. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm