James D. Satterfield wrote: > Alas, my initial optimism has been dashed. I thought that I was getting > near 100% acceptance of the cups that I had primed with saliva, but > instead I have had 100% rejection. Hi Jim, From my experience with royal jelly production I belive your result is correct. I know people that are wery careful not to lick the brush when grafting because bees reject saliva. -- Regards P-O Gustafsson, Sweden [log in to unmask] http://www.kuai.se/~beeman/