At 11:26 AM -0400 10/17/98, Don Rahman wrote:
>Paul,
>
>You wrote that you were concerned that the emergency queen might not be
>mated well. If that's the concern and you are going to replace her in
>your original hive, what makes her any better in the split. If it were
>me I would order a second queen to make the split with. You don't what a
>small split struggling along trying to get started with a queen that
>might end up a drone layer right away. Just my opinion. Good luck with
>whatever you decide.
 
Good logic. Being in southern california I can build up my population
before queens are readily available. I just thought if the population
builds, I could try the queen before they are available in March.
 
Paul
 
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