The first thing a queen does is go to a cell of honey and eat so it does 
not mater if in an incubator or in a bank she does not have access to 
food and the bees do not feed her at that time. They can be kept up to a 
week, five days or less is better. I have also shipped virgin queens in 
the mail and get 50% to 70% laying queens (cage introduction).
Also ship them with attendants in the cage.

On 8/11/2011 4:08 PM, Peter Edwards wrote:

> Is that keeping them in an incubator or in a colony?
>
> Can they be kept say for a week?
>


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