> I would expect production and population to be closely linked (ie > directly proportional... is that what your figures show?), unless of > course you have some colonies with short lived field bees. > Or even long-lived field bees. My choice would be to select for small colonies that produce a large crop or even better (but more complicated) honey yield per man hour. Steve Rose North Wales *********************************************** 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