M. Wyborn. 1991. Mass Storage of Honey Bee Queens During the Winter.
   M.Sc. Thesis Simon Fraser University. Burnaby, B.C. 121 p. encountered
   the problem of sequential addition of queens to a queen bank. I don't
   immediately see the discussion, but as I recall, queens in the same
   laying condition could be accepted by a bank, but when any subsequent
   "fresher" queens were added, most of the previous batch of queens would
   die within a few days.
 
   The best results (60 % survival after 6 months, with subsequent summer
   performance the same as for queens wintered in 5 frame nucs) obtained
   were from outdoor bank colonies prepared from strong 2 queen colonies (3
   std boxes in Sept, reduced to 2 in October), queens removed 24 hr before
   adding bank frames with up to 48 queens in cages 2.5 mm mesh without
   attendants. All Q cells removed 1 week after introducing bank frames.
 
 
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