I don't know if this is the appropriate place to post questions but here
goes.

I am trying to requeen a hive. I was told to leave the hive queenless
for 24 hours and to remove the attendants from the queen cage.

My questions are,

1)      Is it very important to remove the attendands for the queen
cage? Does it really threaten the success of requeening.

2)      I only can check the hive one day a week, so the most I can
leave my hive queenless is a few hours. If this is not enough time, what
else can I do. Should I just remove the candy and let the queen in the
hive or should I just let the bees try and eat it away. Any other
suggestions?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks