On  3 Sep 97 at 10:27, QUB wrote:
 
> I banked 12 queens above a super in a strong queenright
> colony with no problems in that all queens were accepted and
> fed.  However, later, after removing some queens and adding
> fresh ones to replace those removed the bees did not accept
> them.  I assume that they were not being fed and so died.
> When more queens were added the same result occoured.
> Has anyone experience of this and how can it be overcome?
 
I can see two errors here.
        Firstly; Queen banks rarely work in a queenright hive. You're lucky
to have saved the first 12 queens.
        Secondly; A queen bank should be in the middle of the brood chamber,
not in a super above.
        My suggestion. Use or make a queenless hive, after 24 hours add the
queen bank. No workers, and one queen per cage, the frame to be added
to the center of the cluster.
 
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