I confess. I used newspaper today to combine hives. It wasn't my idea: The bees told me to do it. It is fall, after all, and I was combining four frames with a queen with 20 frames queenless. Maybe it's not _always _a beginner method. *********************************************** 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