I recall some discussion regarding this on Beesource. Acceptance went down
as the virgin queen aged. Acceptance was better for just emerged queens.
It was also better in mini mating nucs than in full size colonies.
Adam
Barrie, ON
***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html