The subject of two queen hive management has been discussed on this list before. To get the rest of the story send mail to: [log in to unmask] that reads: GETPOST BEE-L 225 2057 2099 2205 2319 2438 2672 2675 2677 2682 2697 2700 GETPOST BEE-L 2755 2757-2758 2780 2808 3161 3170 3175 3183 3829 GETPOST BEE-L 3924 4459 4847 5331 5390 5564 5616 5622-5623 5635 GETPOST BEE-L 5764 6080 6088 6736 6764 7040 7412 7939 8486-8487 GETPOST BEE-L 8498 8503 8615 8625 8710 8785-8786 8794 8814 9262 GETPOST BEE-L 9349-9350 9358 9777-9778 9788 10315 10330 10579 GETPOST BEE-L 10624 11733 11746 11779 11813 11865 12424 12426 GETPOST BEE-L 12429 12432 12438 12454 12476-12477 12479 12483 GETPOST BEE-L 12488-12489 12491 12529 12583 12672 12851 13247 GETPOST BEE-L 13280 13293 13302 13309 13324 13332 13338 13349 GETPOST BEE-L 13718 14004 14054 14067 14069 14625 14644 GETPOST BEE-L 14703-14702 Listserv will mail back to you the VOLUMES of discussion regarding two queen management. I got this info using LISTSERV search capabilities, by sending to: [log in to unmask] mail that read (quotes included): SEARCH BEE-L 'two queen' Listserv sent back to me the indices of postings to BEE-L referencing 'two queen'. The GETPOST commands will return the individual postings. As Allen say, try the LISTSERV search commands - you may like it! Aaron Morris - I think, therefore I bee!