On Thu, 18 May 1995, Jean-Marie Van Dyck wrote: <snip> > In your breeding area, the next cases could happen : > Dumped laying workers get in ... > > 1/ a nuc with queen cells and they destroy them ! This reminds me. . . We always (when we remember) put JZBZ cell protectors on queen cells as soon as they are capped. It saves a lot of grief -- ie. splits made, nucs ready, or whatever, and then you go to get the cells to find them destroyed due to a stray queen at the last minute. I never hear this practice recomended. Why? W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper VE6CFK Rural Route One Swalwell Alberta Canada T0M 1Y0 Email: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Futures, Art & Honey:http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~dicka