> they have a queen!  I'm guessing there must have been eggs or young larvae
> in the capped brood frames that I overlooked and the bees raised a queen
> while
> I had the bank set up.  But then why was my bank successful?  Perhaps my
> timing was lucky in that I used up the queens from the bank before the
> virgin
> hatched and mated.  It'll be interesting to see how the new queen performs.
>
I have often wondered if there are cases of virgin queens drifting while on
mating flights.
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