Hi Peter & all

> It would be interesting to keep a record of where queens were found - I
> might make that a project this year

I reckon that noting of the polished, scallop shaped depressions, might
bring forth some useful info... But I would not like to guess what :-)

One thing I should have included in the previous post, I referred to the
'have queen' clusters as spherical, but a better descripion would be walnut
shaped... I have thought that this might be merely a factor of a more or
less uniform depth of bees coating a queen shape.


Best Regards & 73s, Dave Cushman... G8MZY
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