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>I'm looking for the best way to store the caged queens for 7 to 10 days,
>Don


I've stored many queens over an excluder, and seen unused queens remain
alive for months, after the attendants had been long dead.

Pick a strong colony, with the cluster in the top body. Remove the covers,
place an excluder on top, and a rim (empty shallow super?) on the excluder.
The queen cages go screen down, side by side on the center of the
excluder..as many as 25 at a time. Place a cloth...I use wool...over the
cages, completely covering the excluder. This holds in the heat, and
prevents chilling of the queens when the cluster recedes on a cold night.
My excluder is an old 7 wire type that has wooden slats between every 7
excluder wires. I place the cages on these slats, spanning the wires. This
creates a little space so the bees can cluster right on the screens.. I
might cut 1/4" shims if I used an all wire excluder.

Mike