Gentlepeople: There have been a few comments on the net recently about Buckfast bees. Without getting into the discussion of what is and what isn't a Buckfast bee, I have a question that results from an off hand side note to one of the participants of that discussion. According to some of the comments, Buckfast acceptance can be a problem. Now I have a problem. I ordered two Weaver Buckfast queens with the intention of splitting my two Italian hives and requeening the splits with the Buckfast queens. The purpose is to eventually get two Buckfast hives going. What can I expect and how can I encourage the Buckfast queen acceptance? Cheers, Mark Egloff [log in to unmask]