Thanks Bob, Adony et al for the responses. I can feel much more confident in my decision to dust and the info provided is invaluable. It certainly has rewarded my patience with BeeL and confirmed it as an informed source. It does make me wonder though that with the proliferation of bee books out there, why no one has stepped up and written a book along the lines of "A Dummies Guide to Commercial Beekeeping". Or maybe I have just not come across it? Claude ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************