I found this in a 1984 publication: > Don Nelson of Beaverlodge has shown that honey production depends directly on queen-related factors and he found that as few as 28% of package queens remain good queens throughout the season. Dave Tegart (1984) Two-Queen Hive Management Using Package Bees in the Peace River Area, Alberta, Canada, Bee World, 65:2, 80-84 *********************************************** 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