> > . . .  let them raise their own queen when they can ... as long as
> > there are eggs in the queenless half.
> I am glad to see such an authority mentioning with apparent
> approval this method of getting a new queen.  Some important
> textbooks don't even mention this old method, and its traditional
> name could be taken to imply inferiority.
> ...etc.

This topic has been a subject of intense interest and extended debate here in
the past. I am not sure the matter has been resolved entirely -- or that it will
ever be.

A search at http://www.internode.net/HoneyBee/BEE-L/ using 'emergency cells' or
'emergency queen' as keys should return a large amount of reading -- and perhaps
form a basis for some new comments.

allen