For Michael Traynor: This is a very good and detailed article and I enjoyed reading it. But in reading, depending upon who you are, different people see different things based on their experiences and what they do in life. For smaller queens to be produced, though here thought to be bad, it actually might not be, especially if the larger are not making it. For in Nature in most all strains/races there are small, medium, and large offspring produced, with more variance/variability being with the smaller and in times of deep stress many species go for the wariance/variability to survive and change to meet the times. But then this IMPOV. It shows a lot is going on here. Tells a very detailed story. It also shows an industry that is hurting. But also shows hope, but again IMPOV. Respectfully submitted, Dee A. Lusby Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper Moyza, Arizona http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrganicBeekeepers/ __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l for rules, FAQ and other info ---