> > >Might I have just lost the queen in the previous 24 to 72 hours? Definitely a possibility--were you in that hive during that time? Sounds most likely. On rare occasions, I find colonies that run on the combs--I requeen. If your honey flow just shut off, bees will sometimes roar more in response to smoke. Or, could the queen have mated with an Africanized drone, and hit a pocket of hot semen in the last weeks? -- Randy Oliver Grass Valley, CA www.ScientificBeekeeping.com *********************************************** 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