You will need to use a double screen as a virgin can get through a QE.
>
> My question: Once the queen cells are capped can I keep four or five
> cells in the upper brood box (deeps) of both colonies above a QE until they
> emerge, selection is complete and mate, then remove the old queen in the
> lower brood box or should the brood boxes of the hives be separated
> by double screens until the new queen is mated?
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