I did this a couple of years ago and had no problems.  You may have to
go in after a bit and crush some drone cells, but otherwise, in my
experience, the new queen took over.
 
We didn't get honey from that hive that year, but we got 100 lbs the
next season!!
 
--glen
 
 >I recently did a split on two hives to make a new one, but the queen that I introduced into the split died.
 >This hive will be queenless for about one week untill I can get a new queen. I have heard that queenless hives
 >will develope laying workers, if queenless for more than a few days. Will this cause any problems when my new
 >queen arrives and I try to introduce her into the split? Also after the new queen is accepted by the hive will
 >the laying workers stop laying?
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