>Long lived queens produce long lived workers?? Dee's reply==YES. I have always heard and thought that, workers wear their wings out is the reason for early death?? Am I all wet?? Maybe these bees do not work as hard, not flying as much. Long lived queens only slow swarming, may not increasing production of honey. However, this slowing of swarming should increase production. Should keep numbers up without swarms. Lionel *********************************************** 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