Greetings to all:
On the supposition that the queen was healthy , could simply the fact that  
she experienced  removal  from the swarm be enough of a traumatic  effect to 
kill her?
 
I had received a phone call from a friend who asked -- Need a queen?
I arrived at his place and was told that a swarm had been caught and  the 
decision was made to join it to the hive it came from since there was a new  
queen  and the 2 year old marked queen which was in that swarm was given to  me . 
I brought her home in a plastic queen cage  with no  attendants. The candy 
was soft  and she was given a few drops of water  and a drop or so of honey 
which she took in. 
The cage was kept in a battery box ( box for several cages)
The next morning we held two minutes of silence for her.
Opinions welcome
Walter
Ontario

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