Lance Parr wrote of his problems getting a queen introduced to a new
package.  Bob Harrison correctly
pointed out that the queen must have started laying at least a few eggs from
which, as Lance stated, the
bees started supersedure cells.  Subsequent attempts at introducing a queen
to the package also failed.

The thing I wanted to add here is that occasionally one will encounter bees
who simply will not accept
a queen.  Why I cannot say.  Fortunately it is rare, but it does happen.
And the only thing to do in that
case it to let the bees raise their own.  The hard part is deciding when
it's time to give up introduction
attempts and leave the bees alone.  One should certainly cut their losses
before the hive becomes a
drone layer.  An established hive (one with all stages of developing brood)
allows more time to continue
attemps.  The pheremones from the developing brood help supress the egg
laying capabilities of
workers.  A package is a different story.  Since there is no brood, two
attempts at queen introduction
is about the best one should go for, and immediately after the first failure
a frame of developing brood
with eggs should be given to the package.  The package will start raising
queens on that frame, but that
will keep them at ease until then beekeeper can attempt the second
introduction.  When the second queen
arrives, any cells that have been started should be removed prior to the
second attempt.  Lance's Russian
queen may have had a better fate.  But if the second attempt also fails,
especially with a package, the
best plan may be another frame with eggs and leave the bees on their own to
raise their queen.  The
resulting queen may not be of the best quality (a package may not nouish a
developing queen as well
as one would like), but a colony with an inferior queen is better than a
colony that will only produce
drones.

Aaron Morris - thinking there's more than one way to corronate a package!