On 26-Mar-07, at 9:53 PM, Dee Lusby wrote:

>
> Always said we had high 90% to 95% success rate in dropping
> in virgin queens and no fighting noticed while doing, for
> she would take on the scent of the first bees touching her
> and act like a supercedure queen FWIW, with royal court all
> around her within very few minutes.
>

Hi Dee & all

  What is the advantage of introducing virgin queens instead of queen  
cells?

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

PS: 19C today, all hives bringing in yellow pollen and tan pollen.  
Still snow on the ground but disappearing fast.

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