In a message dated 10/09/2009 15:03:05 GMT Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: most CCD hives still have the queen and a small retinue of young bees - and yes, in our colonies, its the original queen, not her replacement. That was what happened with mine. On the last occasion, about 3 years ago, I transferred the queen to another colony that needed one and she did very well the following year. The other 2 occasions were in the 1990s. Chris *********************************************** 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