Rodney, I agree with Bob Harrison that every day the queens are out of a functioning colony is bad, however, I have kept queens successfully for three weeks, and friends have kept them for five weeks by banking them in the top of a queenright colony. I suspect they might supercede quickly, but they do seem to function for a time. There are a number of articles in the BEE-L archives. Do a search on "BANKING" or "QUEEN BANKING." Jerry in PA