a Charles Linder snip > followed by my question and comments... A couple weeks ago I made a mistake and am regretting it. I was going thru nucs and found one that had requeened itself. This new queen was a geniune runt. perfectly formed but smaller than a regular worker. unfortunatly I pinched her super quick. In hindsight I wish I had let it play out. Anyone else ever had a real midget queen that they let play out?? >what age post mating and what has been the nectar flow at your location? >but to answer your question quite directly yes I have. about 50% of the time a bit of extra feed and time seems to alter outcome. Gene in Central Texas *********************************************** 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