I may have missed part of a post but I cannot remember David defining quite
what he means by his original observation of "regressive queens".  I have
been looking in my dictionary and most of the possible meanings of regressive
are on the lines of going back to what there was before.  I understand that
David has been producing queens he has been quite pleased with for a very
long time.  Following my (English English) dictionary the queens from splits
should be ones he is quite pleased with, yet he seems not to be.

Perhaps all this angst is the product of a semantic misunderstanding.  If
David could please explain exactly what he means by "regressive queens" and
how he recognises them all may become clear.  I did make a small contribution
to this discussion some time ago but retired, mystified.

Chris Slade - thinking I should pour oil on troubled waters (or was it dying
embers, I can never get it right)