Thanks for the response, Bob.  Actually, he is not in the USA, though, and
as you observed  -- "The beekeepers problems are very minor compared to the
problems I normally deal with". -- he is doing quite fine these days, except
he is having queen cell problems he didn't have before and is wondering why.

The rest was just background, explaining how he had suffered big losses a
while back and recovered, plus learned from his experience. I cut out the
part about his location and the circumstances since it was a private message
that I thought worth sharing.

I'll pass on all the various suggestions as they come in, and who knows,
maybe he reads BEE-L, or will sign on.

Thanks also to Trevor, and I hope to hear some more ideas -- and maybe some
fixes, too.

allen

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