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Re: Queen Marking
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Kevin Gross <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 12 Mar 2016 08:11:30 -0600
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>>...we had excellent acceptance of the virgins, which we introduced using cages plugged with sugar. The mating success was normal. I don't have the figures, but I recall we got about 95% or so accepted and mated (this was in the summer).


Peter, in that scenario did the virgin rely on the candy plug for food or was she fed through the screen?  i.e. is it true that a queen is not fed or attended to until she becomes mated and starts laying?
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