After I had several combs collapse due to the heat and then lost the hives [3] in the winter I chose to end my experiment. I have offered to give the hives to several hobby beekeepers with no takers. *********************************************** 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