> Why only drones? Reasons I can think of are: > > - They are defenceless > - They are bigger and fly slower > - They taste better > - It was fall and they were cast outside and dying Hello, Martins often catch prey on the wing, drones in DCAs, -traveling to and from would be at risk. The odds are greatly against queens getting eaten by birds when you consider there can be 11.000 or more drones in a DCA, -drones may take several flights per day, while queens may take a single flight of 30 minutes or less. Best wishes Joe Waggle *********************************************** 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