Allen: It's probably too cold by now, otherwise you could do a 'ramp test' To reiterate Set up a swarm recieving board in front of a suspect colony of medium (or<) strength Towards end of inspection shake 2 or 3 frames onto ramp Try not to shake Q or spray nectar While reassembling hive most will line up and go in The laggards are those you are interested in Observe for 10+ min Anything unusual? or several in common? Please describe dave *********************************************** 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 Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm