>  Would the pheromone be enough to  stop the onset of laying workers?

It should for awhile . Not sure for how long. I am not sure of the exact
plan. I have been contacted along with a researcher doing research on queen
pheromone.

I believe the plan is to shake the package into one of the cardboard nuc
boxes and let the bees build comb and gather pollen. Not sure of the rest of
the plan.  The email was to me,a researcher and Terry Brown (Browns Bees
Australia) from the leading broker of California almond pollination.hives.

My queens from Australia arrived about an hour ago. All alive. One pure
Buckfast queen was loose in the box trying to sting another queen in a cage
but all the queens  were alive. Quite a journey.

Bob

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