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>>I must be the exception.   I usually.check for emergence<

>I am with you Allen.  

Me 3.  I'm introducing virgins, and if I have more virgins in the incubator getting older, I want to get them into a mating nuc or hive ASAP if there is one that needs a queen.  It's entirely possible that I reduce acceptance rates per queen this way, but I do think I end up with more mating nucs with more laying queens sooner than I would if I waited.

I'm not always even sure that a virgin is lost when I introduce a second one, but if I can't find her after really looking, I'll toss in another if I have one available.

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