I live in North Alabama and when I mention how some hives just explode, I had one hive with 6 honey supers and the 3 hives next to it only made 2 boxes each of honey. I have had this happen in several of my yards. I check my rhives on a very regulat basis, once or twice a week during spring and summer trying to stay a step or 2 ahead of the girls. I will look up the archives and see what I can glean about the excluders. Thanks *********************************************** 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