> Frank,
> I could not find your picture of the queen, but that is
> because I am a computer IDIOT, and could NOT "dig my way out
> of your advertising".
[...]
> What I am trying to say has to do with the color of most
> queen abdomens.
[...]

Actually I was asking about the photo right on the page I posted a link to,
which is not a honeybee at all (though it looks quite similar):

http://www.blessedbee.ca/diary/item/24

A couple folks have now informed me that this is a carpenter bee, and with
that pointer in hand I was able to confirm that.  I am pleased to have
learned something about a kind of bee I was not familiar with before.

Thanks for the interesting tidbits about honeybee queen abdomen colours.  I
have just installed my first Carniolan queen, and I shall watch to see if
that colony is more inclined to swarm and less aggressive than my other
bees.

Best regards,

Frank.
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