In a message dated 95-08-12 08:19:06 EDT, Jack the B-man writes:
 
>  I've been a B-keeper for 35 consecutive years
>at one location. I have NEVER requeened a
>hive. The B's know more about it than I do
>so I let them decide. (Queen breeders probably
>hate my guts.) Suum cuique.. Cheers.
 
   If it works for you, great!  I'm sure your bees aren't stressed as much as
commercially worked, migratory bees.   And when the bees are kept in one
location, there's hardly a better way to get a bee that is well adapted to
local conditions.
 
   Maybe my bees are more stupid, since I have too many of them that don't
successfully raise replacement queens when mamma fails.
But then again, this mostly happens during cotton spray season, so I think
there may be a connection.  Cells are raised, but obviously they don't get
mated or established.
 
[log in to unmask]      Dave Green
PO Box 1215        Hemingway,  SC   29554
 
 
 
*Don't worry about me.  Occasionally the >savant< part kicks in.*