Mark writes "I can hear a lot of you saying this won't work and they will reject the new queen. What can I say, it has worked for me." If you wait 10 days and destroy all the queen cells, the take will be even better, but if you have a queen cell from another hive, this will be much easier because you just kill the old queen and put in the frame with a cell, and that's usually that. As an additional note, the bees are still as mean as mountain lion pee afterwards; the new queen soothing syndrome doesn't seem to be cross-racial, and I'm sure Mark has had the same experience. But still, as I said, you have to be master/steward whatever, and if you don't have the technical skills to work the mean hive, what will you do in a real emergency? :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/BEE-L for rules, FAQ and other info --- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::