On 23 Jan 97 at 8:12, Kelley Rosenlund wrote: Re: Largest Swarm
> > We did not have any way to count workers and drones, but we were counting
> >queens, and I'm sure we did not see all of them. At any rate we DID see 3
> >mated queens and 21 virgins. Most of the virgins we saved and added to nucs,
> >though we were unable to catch every one.
>
> How can you tell if a queen is mated or not?
She's the one with a big smile on her face!!