Glad it worked Scott. Hope there is some room to lay for her so she puts out alot of winter bees . As those other bees hatch out she just may lay those cells full since you do need winter bees. You may also if you have, put in some drawn comb from extraction just so they have somewhere to put nectar and she has more room to lay. What I've done also, - just an example - is put on a box of honey, shallow if you have instead of extracting for yourself since winter is coming. I usually mark those queens, and I don't replace them cause she just may bring a "load of hay in May" and if they supercede, you'll know because that coloured dot is gone. enjoy Walter littlewolfapiaries.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