You might find this report, from the Australian NSW Rural Industries
Research and Development Corporation in 2003, interesting in this respect.
In essence (but read the report), the answer is thirty (30) days.

http://www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/HBE/03-049sum.html

Rather than surviving introduction, I wonder about the long term performance
of the queen, especially if she was from a mini-nuc that restricted her
capacity to lay. More work to be done I guess.

Dave Black
Otanewainuku, New Zealand.

www.thebeegardens.com



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> I have a question concerning removing yang mated queens from small nucs.
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