>As opposed to?? Not quite sure I understood what you do other then > overwintering?? > Splitting ALL colonies in spring, rather than simply running them without splitting and requeening them for the season. -- Randy Oliver Grass Valley, CA www.ScientificBeekeeping.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