Peter Edwards asked

> Would the success rate be higher if the old queen was removed before 
> running in the virgin?

Many years ago when Brian Sheriff was out here in Australia, he was telling 
me of how he used to purchase virgin queens for requeening.  He used to run 
the virgin in the front entrance around dark with the help of some smoke. 
As I recall he used to remove the old queen.  He was saying he had very good 
success rates.  Maybe you could contact Brian to see if he is still doing 
this.  If not, he could give you some hints on how he did it.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA
Coming to Apimondia in Australia in 2007? 

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