In message <[log in to unmask]>, Automatic digest processor <[log in to unmask]> writes Snip >Tonight I got a shock. In front of the Buckfast colony there were a lot >of dead bees. I would guess about 2 good size handfuls of bees. Snip Were they workers or drones? If you have take three supers of honey, it seems you are coming to the end of your season and that's when the poor old men get dragged out - literally. -- Tom Speight