Thanks Dave, for the clear answer! I spent some time speaking about making nucs with some Saskatchewan commercial beekeepers--I suggested that some of them go into nuc production full time, and forego honey production, in order to produce nucs for sale to Alberta, similar to how some of us do that at lower latitudes. I'm really amazed at the different bee management required at your high latitude and intense honey flows! Randy Oliver Grass Valley, CA www.ScientificBeekeeping.com *********************************************** 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