I have inserted a link to photobucket in hopes some one knows what this is and how it was used. To me it looks like it could have been a drone or queen trap? There are a couple of picture at this link if you would click through and see if can answer my question. http://s301.photobucket.com/albums/nn77/sealevelas/Bees/?action=view¤t=bee_thing.jpg Thanks, Karen Kimball Maine *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm