In a message dated 98-03-26 08:01:41 EST, you write:
 
<< his is also covered somewhere in the second chapter (I believe, but if
 it's wrong I'm sure someone will point that out) of Laidlaw's
 _Contemporary_Queen_Rearing_.  But the claim of more ovarioles assuring
 superior queens was left in doubt.
  >>
 
I notice in the current queen rearing discussion, that everyone keeps refering
to Laidlaw's Contemporary Queen Rearing.  I believe that book is about twenty
years old.  I just bought a copy of his new book.  I provides much more
information about the new research on the science of queen rearing and also
addresses new issues like selecting for mite resistance.  I think that
everyone who intends to drag unsuspecting larvae out of their cells to make
them into queens should give Laidlaw's new book a serious read.
 
IMHO
 
Randy Lynn, NC, USA