I thought it curious that M. Oddie mentioned the very low density of colonies in Norway vs the very high density of colonies in commercial beekeeping but never took it further, e.g. maybe the high density is the main problem. P *********************************************** 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