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Walter Zimmermann <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:11:04 EDT
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Greetings:
We've all somewhere along the line started up nucs with a new queen  obtained 
from somewhere.
In my case three pure Russians arrived from the breeder and I had prepared  
the nucs as usual a day ahead.
I installed the queens without the attendants and waited.
Now there is a rule that one should wait at least a week and some say more  
before being nosey and checking things out.
I waited from Sat. till Wed. morning and then peeked in. 
That's five days gone by.

The first one had released the queen.
The second and third ones had not and I saw why.
There was a queen cell which I had missed in each case.
I knocked off the queen cell and released each queen directly into the  hive.
 
Would you have done the same????????
Input please
Walter
 

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