>>> ....researchers realized that the treated colonies had produced 85% fewer queen bees than the untreated groups. >>> Were they using honeybees or some other species? If my memory serves me correct, I think the above mentioned queen production stats were in reference to bumble bee queen production. Mike in LA *********************************************** 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