> When I removed the cork plug from one of the queen
>cages, I was shocked to see no candy plug, just the queen staring back
>at me!  I put the cork back in and hung the cage on a frame.  The
>other cage had no candy either!  Is this common?

In packages, there is no candy in the queen cage. The bees are 
expected to feed her thru the screen.

Where queens are shipped individually, though, one end has candy.
The other, just a cork.

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