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> Coleen,
> You state that you put new queen in a split of bees and capped
> brood.  Capped brood doe not hold any NURSE bees.  Requeening
> a colony that is mostly FORAGER age bees
> is always tough and often results in non-acceptance.

George, it seems to me that if Coleen made a split with mostly foragers, and
put that split anywhere other than where the original hive was, that they
would have all flown home, no?  Or would enough of them to cover the brood
perhaps stay in order to keep it warm?

Frank.
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