Alden Marshall B-Line Apiaries Hudson, NH 03051 [log in to unmask] tel. 603-883-6764 On Sat, 28 Feb 1998 03:23:09 -0600 "Excerpts from BEE-L" <[log in to unmask]> writes: >From: James C Bach <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >inner covers. Beats me. Is it vibration as a means of communication? >f.) With noisy bottom hive because of a poor queen down below, the >bees >will often move up to the more attractive queen in the top nuc, often >filling two westerns and hanging out of the top entrance like a swarm. My guess there is alot of worker drift in the double colony therefor pheromone mix. Perhaps the easiest way to determine this would be to use 1 queen with dark progeny and one with light ? >But, the more mature I get, I may go back to single queens just for >practical reasons. > I have [matured] enough to be happy with single queen systems. >Regards all > >James C. Bach >WSDA State Apiarist >Yakima WA >[log in to unmask] >[log in to unmask] >509 576 3041 > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]