Waldemar wrote

> By the way, won't the airport x-ray machines hurt the queens' egg laying 
> ability?

I have had queens go through the normal x-ray for passenger luggage and also 
the baggage. Those queens performed as well as bees that did not go through 
the x-ray.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA 

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