"nobody was willing to hand over healthy, laying, queens to be sliced up" Seriously ? If they pick up the shipping tab, I'll put a few in a box and send them their way ;) Simply a gesture, as I don't believe that you can import live specimens. However it does appear a case of cutting one's nose to spite one's face or possibly healthy, laying, queens are a much scarcer commodity than I supposed. *********************************************** 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