>>no supercedure... not seen any evidence [of]...attacks.... Flow is 
real good right now.  The weather has been so good...  no bananas, 
not even a beer then :)

Kent,

We have just about exhausted the typical possibilities.  Please 
advise if requeening will change their behavior.

I have one hive that's always slightly more defensive than others.  
Nothing like your experience.  Just a couple of bees will keep flying 
in my face while I work it.  You'd think they are mesmorized by my 
*good looks* ;-))... but, if I squeeze one of the workers and there 
is an alarm odor, these bees will try to attack.  I have changed the 
hive's location, changed the queens 2-3 times, as with my other 
hives, in the course of 3 years.  It defies common wisdom but, like I 
said, this hive is not overly defensive just a touch more than the 
other ones.

What else is interesting is that the most gentle hives I've had were 
headed by local *pure feral* queens.

Waldemar

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