>Why only drones?
Maybe the Martins are adept at finding drone congregation areas?
>Some of these arguments would suggest that they also eat queens, some won't.
Martins feeding in a drone congregation area may also feed on queens during mating flights.
This could also explain the issues the original poster described with attempting to raise/breed queens.
Dan O'Callaghan
Irish Hill Farm
Xenia, OH
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