>I'd follow Dave's advice and put a deadout box on an ant hill, but I suspect my bees >will tell me soon enough. There is no practical way I can keep them away from last >year's hives. 8 mesh screen? The point of the "ant experiment" is to show that: 1) It's real, not imaginary 2) It's not something commonly seen before 3) It's not something trivial 4) Some kind of half assed test 5) It's kind of lonely saying what I have been saying, a little confirmation would be welcomed (or disagreement if that is how it turns out, but only from those who are "hands-on") dave *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm