>Whether one should bank queens for months is another topic.

Graham Kleinschmidt did a banking trial here in Australia many years ago.  One of his findings was that if queens are banked for more than around a month, when they are introduced to colonies they are most likely to be superseded within a  month or so of introduction.  Around the same time there were reports out of Canada that queens from New Zealand were being superseded within a  few months of introduction.  There was an item on our local TV at that time showing how long the New Zealanders were banking their queens and it was several months.

Trevor Weatherhead
Australia

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