> Is brood production correlated to honey production? No! We see small colonies of A.m.m. producing more honey than we used to get with stripy hybrids that produced large numbers of bees. The extra lifespan of A.m.m. gives a longer foraging life. Best wishes Peter 52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W *********************************************** 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