>When big guys split to sell nucs to newbees, they are setting them up for failure because they are passing their old queen on to the new beekeeper Only an unscrupulous beekeeper would do that, unless the buyer intentionally asked for a queen in her second year. Nucs in Calif are generally sold with newly-mated queens. -- Randy Oliver Grass Valley, CA www.ScientificBeekeeping.com *********************************************** 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