In a message dated 95-11-26 20:37:41 EST, you write:
 
>Subj:  Re: Queen Evaluation
>Date:  95-11-26 20:37:41 EST
>From:  [log in to unmask] (Michael L. Wallace)
 
>The running and fanning stopped and the laying pattern is much better, but
>these bees are absolutely vicious.  No matter how much you smoke them, as
>soon as the hive is opened they immediately make a "bee line" for your face.
> The other day, just the act of removing a feeding jar from the top of this
>hive-body/medium super combo caused them to come boiling out of the
entrance,
>which is at the bottom.  A friend had come to give me a hand, because I am
>one-armed, due to a broken arm, right now.  He was wearing blue jeans, a
navy
>T-shirt and navy cap.  They went after him and chased him a good 30 feet
from
>the hive.
>
>I would definitely say there's a breeding problem.  My friend tells me this
>is typical of the Weaver queens.  If so, I will not be purchasing any more
>queens from them and will definitely requeen next spring.
 
   Did you contact the Weavers?   There are two outfits; you don't mention
which one.  I have done business with one of them many times, and have had no
unusual problems.  They have always been courteous, and shipped on the
promised dates.  Give them a fair chance, before writing them off.
 
   There are some fast buck artists in the queen rearing world, which should
be identified, but I doubt that Weavers are among them.
 
[log in to unmask]    Dave Green, PO Box 1200,  Hemingway,  SC   29554