Multiple Recipients of List BEE-L We are building and testing honey bee flight chambers in aseptic isolation chambers. The goal is to design inexpensive chambers, easy to build, and use. Object is to fly bees from mini-nucs for 3-6 weeks in the chambers without - the colony dwindling away or all the bees stuck in the corners of the chamber. We need cheap chambers so that we can get adequate replication for our experiments. So far, we have come up with the following: 1. Eliminate corners 2. Use diffuse, non-directional light 3. Pick up the mini-nucs during the day to get rid of old foragers 4. May be able to train bees to fly to feeding station Rumor has it that the Germans have worked out the latest in chamber technology. I have found some of the literature on their flight tests, but little on chamber design. Also hear that a symposium was held a few years ago (possibly as part of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects???). Either I have the name of the society wrong, or nobody has their proceedings - my searches end up a big zero. Needless to say, I needed the information yesterday. Weather in Montana will take a decided turn for the worst shortly. I have the nucs established and the isolation chamber. Any ideas, recommendations, details on existing or proposed chambers would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Jerry J. Bromenshenk Division of Biological Sciences The University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812-1002 Tel: (406) 243-5648 Fax: (406) 243-4184 Internet: [log in to unmask] Bitnet: jjbmail@cunyvm