Garry,

You don't say how the other queens were released, but if there was a
significant delay you might not see any larvae or sealed brood.  That
does not neccesarily mean no queen, just a delay in her release.
An experienced beekeeper in your area would be very helpful.  It is easy
to find a queen in a new package (almost always) once you have some
experience.

Dr. Barbor,

I think you missed the fact that Garry was speaking of installing a
package.  I have routinely released queens directly into new packages
for about 18 years.  Never lost a queen yet.  Of course I only install
about 4 queens a year.

Tom

--
"Test everything.  Hold on to the good."  (1 Thessalonians 5:21)

Tom Elliott
Chugiak,  Alaska
U.S.A.
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