Hi Bob, Dave & All, >I do not doubt Dave's observations and only adding mine because they are >different than Dave's observations. > That's because you and Dave are talking about two different things in all respects. Your talking mainly about requeening or putting a new queen into a queen right colony and Dave is speaking of supersedures and swarm queens. Not the same thing at all. workers will kill the queen if a foreign mated queen is just dropped in on them with a laying queen already in the hive. I am wondering why there is so much confusion discussing these different queens and how some of you are mixing these queen definitions up. I feel for the newbees trying to make heads or tails from this. . . .. Keith Malone, Chugiak, Alaska USA, http://www.cer.org/, c(((([ Caucasian Bee Keeper, http://takeoff.to/alaskahoney/, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Norlandbeekeepers/ _________________________________________________________________ Keep up with high-tech trends here at "Hook'd on Technology." http://special.msn.com/msnbc/hookedontech.armx :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/BEE-L for rules, FAQ and other info --- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::