Why not just take the roof off and have a look? Why order replacements when you have perfectly good colonies? Easy answer Peter. Originally I had the same thought, but truth is if you don't already have bees ordered, you are going to have problems. Easy to resell or cancel. Most packages were gone by Feb 1st. not many have any left. I started with 600 to sell and have less than 10 left. Charlie *********************************************** 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