My wife's contribution: How does the Queen Bee communicate with the rest of the hive? She uses her cell phone! :-) Al Needham--Scituate,MA,[log in to unmask] "The HoneyBee"--An Educational Program About Honey Bees With A Superb Slide Show-Version 2.0 (c) 1997 Download From: http://www.kuai.se/~beeman