Ted, Do you know if this is ever published? This is awesome information! and his name? perhaps I can do a search. I guess there were only 4 old bee profs in Guelph: Stu Dixon, R.W. Shuel, M.V. Smith, and Dr. Townsend, now, who was it that did the experiment? thanks! I hope it is not the new one (Otis or Scott-Dupree) -- I should know if it is them... Zachary Huang http://www.cyberbee.net On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 23:29:36 -0500, Ted Hancock <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >A professor at the University of Guelph once told me about an experiment he >performed with drone comb. He shook a package of bees into a hive with