>If you currently have something that works, don't spoil it! I don't know why, but I feel strongly that I need an outside colony for a 'comparison colony.' I feel I need to know what a colony is capable of in my area. This will help me fix an opinion on where I am at with the ferals. The ferals that perform best here, seem to be of the type typically described as Wild Italians. Introducing an Italian bee would IMO do little harm against my goals, which happen to be rid the area of the darker types, which I've had little luck with. Best Wishes, J. Waggle *********************************************** 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