Dick wrote: > I'm trying to get my head around the idea that brood-rearing startup is secondary to the bees reacting to the cold. Maybe I'm reading this wrong. No, I don't think so. I think you are right in suggesting they may be marching to the beat of a drum *we don't hear*. I was going to mention the tilt of the earth on its axis, but I didn't want people to think I had completely lost it. There again, a hardwired annual cycle is certainly not far fetched. plb *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L