>I have never seen anybody show that honey bees can even evaluate how > much honey they have in the hive, let alone how much that quantity would > last. I seem to remember reading (not sure where) that empty comb gives off a pheromone that stimulates bees to forage. Best wishes Peter 52.194546, -1.673618 *********************************************** 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