Mike said: I was told by someone who is way more in touch than I that this may be from selection for pollen hoarding. Seems a pollen hoarding strain was developed on the west coast...I think he said at either Davis or Washington, and released in to the breeding stocks of the US. True? I wish they'd take it back then. I don't need any more pollen in my broodnests. This pollen hording stock was developed at Davis, California. Hives can be packed with pollen and colonies sometime suffer from lack of room for honey or brood. Medhat *********************************************** 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 Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm