At 00:14 13/04/96 +0100, you wrote: >Hi-all! >Question: >Is it nessesury that package-bees have a full developt queen with it. Would it >be possible to send them just with a piece of open brut? Horizonticly fixt in >the package-box? Or is it thinkeble to offer the pachage-bees just a piece of >foam material enriched with the smell of a queen? I think this bees could be >used to strengthen a small colony in spring without the cost of a queen, or the >queen could be added somewhere else. >Any experience and answers? Thanks at all. > >andreas haehnle A company called Phero Tech products in Armstrong, B.C. Canada, advertises a product called BEE BOOST, which contains a queen pheromone. They claim it will allow the shipping of queenless packages. Their phone no. is (604)546-9870.