So, another dumb question....what could cause failures in walk-away > splits, where all factors seem perfect and the split is strong in bees and > brood and nutrition, no varroa or little to speak of and plenty of drones > from the rest of the site, which are doing very well at the time. This is > perplexing because of my success everywhere else at the same time. This > is > a permanent site, with no hive movement during the year. Any ideas? > By any chance is this yard in foraging range of a cultivated crop that may be getting sprayed. Chemicals, as you probably realize, can do mere than kill bees outright. Alden M. *********************************************** 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