Hi all

I am still catching up with my Email backlog...

As someone who was involved in breeding and selection it was fairly 
common to have to introduce travelled queens of genetically different stock.

http://web.mac.com/dannpurvis/iWeb/Purvis%20Brothers%20Bees.com/Reference.html

Gives some good pointers to the problems and methods of overcoming them.

A couple of other useful methods are...
http://dave-cushman.net/bee/queenintro.html#ak_st_jd
and
http://dave-cushman.net/bee/wohlgemuth_kirch_frame.html

The fist of these is actually foolproof, providing it is followed to the 
letter, the second is useful if you are using Kirchhain type nucleus 
hives (common in UK and Europe) the principles involved in the design of 
the unusual looking Wohlgemuth introduction frame are explained on the page.

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Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY
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