Peter Borst wrote:

> Oh, and I don't think it makes any difference whether you let the attendants
> out. But if you are going to mark the queen, I would certainly let them out.

At one of our Annual Meetings the speaker, a reputable scientist but my memory fails me on who it 
was, said that they do make a significant difference in queen acceptance and to remove them. Had 
some nice graphs on the subject. (Good graphs always win me over.)

Bill Truesdell

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