>My post raised another observation/question. What if the delay in releasing queens is a cause of queen failure with newly installed packages.

I've done it both ways, haven't seen much difference. That said I just direct released a queen in a package and she started laying immediately. Some others have taken over 5 days to start laying. Wonder what the difference is?

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