>
> >How long can a virgin queen be kept from mating and still become a viable
> mated queen?
>
About three weeks. But a queen mated that late may lay well at first, but
then later be superseded.
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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