A >In my opinion the bees who made forage-flights in october-november are dead >and the bees who are present now are the young house-bees from the last >months of 1995 > >Please let me know your opinion about this topic. >Francois > >e-mail: [log in to unmask] > My climate is no doubt different but I have moved bees during the winter and have not noticed any returning to the old site, even if it is within a few hundred metres. Eric Abell Gibbons, Alberta Canada (403) 998 3143 [log in to unmask]