>
>I  have stopped putting queens in strong hives because above 30% of the time
>or more they get a rejected(queenless hive)


Which is why I make a nuc when I want to requeen such colonies. Remove the
top brood box, and provided it has brood in all stages, use that as your
nuc. Shake out all the bees, and place it over an excluder overnight. Next
day, replace the excluder with an inner cover...escape hole closed. Give
queen. Old bees return below, and old queen is below. Young bees above
readily accept new queen. 3 - 4 weeks later, go below and kill old
queen(s), and unite. This is a very successful way to requeen. New queens
are accepted well, and both are laying for a time. If, as happens once in
awhile, the new queen isn't accepted, of poor quality, you still have a
laying queen below, so the colony never goes queenless.
Mike


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