> > >Verifying queenright is part of making splits. I agree with Bob. After about 21 days laying workers will start in the queenless ones, making queenrightness check much more time consuming. Plus, IMHO, is a waste of bees if they are not tending brood, so I want to combine any queenless bees into queenright nucs ASAP. -- Randy Oliver Grass Valley, CA www.ScientificBeekeeping.com *********************************************** 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