>>This is not helping my inbreeding problem.

Would you know if your area has a large feral (regardless of your 
definition of feral:) population?  If yes, you should not have 
significant inbreeding at all.

I've done several feral colony removals this year and have marveled 
at the viability of the feral brood in each case.

Waldemar
Long Island, NY

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