> Yes, Barry Sergeant. I was also very impressed by his report and > photos. Here is how he does it (be sure to copy and paste the > entire link): I took those photos, they been copied from my website: http://beeman.se/za/za-1-nf.htm When talking about gentle scuts, we have to remember they were compared to the real thing. Yes they were much gentler than wild bees, but not near what I would use in my operation. Barry had been selecting for larger bees, those built 5,2 mm comb instead of the 3,9 wild scuts build. I would hesitate to say those were "original" scuts... -- Regards P-O Gustafsson, Sweden http://beeman.se ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************