Thanks to each of you for your replies!! blackforest beekeeper, sawdstmakr, minz, TheHoneyPump, and Stinger13
blackforest: I might be crying the Mississippi Delta Blues before its said and done, but I just have to give it a try. I thank you for giving me the warning and advise even so.
sawdstmakr: Jim, I will be hoping for that early warm weather this late winter and early spring!!
minz: Thanks for the advice on the drone comb and I will watch them close as I certinally don't want to watch them in the trees. I love birds but am not a bird watcher per say!! I sure don't want to watch my bees next to them in the trees! As the fact of business, I am not a good climber either!! Ha haa
TheHoneyPump"Some years it goes very well, drones everywhere. Other years the bees just dont want to cooperative, drones shortage. Have not completely cracked the code yet"
Well, maybe not Mr Claude but you sure are close! All that seems to be left to cracking the code is the last number on the combination! The information that you provided makes very good sense to me and I look forward, with eagerness, to putting your well explained program into reality here!
Stinger13 " I guess Mr. Ben gets an A plus for preplanning.Ask Santa for drones!!!!! Dear Santa..... There ya have it."
Mr Van, I thank you for the A on preplanning, I am striving for an A on the real test!! This should be fun!!
Thanks again Friends, Phillip Hall "Ben Framed"