To Mike Stoops and fellow BEE-L followers:
I read what was written and thought to throw my two cents worth in since I  
too got involved with the Russian lines.
I've had purple, yellow, and white and going for Oblue this year .
An old hand in beekeeping that studied in Russia  -Mike Kutsyy- and is  now 
fireing up on his own here in Ontario gave me some input for queen  
introduction.
Using the three hole wooden cage, I was told to remove the screen and  
replace it with a piece of foundation with holes punched in it.
If the crowd in the box likes her they will chew the waw away and release  
here.
If they reject her, for whatever reason, say just for example there happens  
to be another queen around that one may  have overlooked, and is the chosen  
one
then the holes in the wax will be sealed up and for that reason I've always  
put a hole into the candy so she can breath until I happen to inspect and she  
can be used elswhere without loosing her.
 
Walter
Ontario

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