Hello Everyone, I had a very good experience with Midnite bees. Last year a guy in work asked Me to help Him start a hive(a task I will never do again unless they go to bee school). He ordered Midnite bees and starting from a three LB package on April 20th, got three full supers by mid-August. I'm sure He would have gotten more had He known what He was doing. Those bees were very gentle. I checked His hive with Him approximately six times last year without a veil or gloves and neither of Us was stung once. This past February this same Guy attended Beeschool along with His cousin. They made a split from the original hive taking four frames of brood(medium) and two of honey. The original hive is doing great, We did an inspection of His hive from top to bottom, again with no veil or gloves and again neither of us was stung. Just proving once again that You can have a mean and nasty hive from ANY race or hybrid of bees. Midnite bees were developed for Hobbyists to be gentle and produce a good amount of honey. I opened a school hive of Italian bees today, just to peek at the top super. I was harassed by over fifty harasser bees, bouncing off My veil and buzzing like crazy, they stopped and went away as soon as I left the immediate area and checked another hive. Does that mean Italian bees are harassers? NO. Garry Libby Attleboro, MA U.S.A. Still in draught conditions