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 -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l for rules, FAQ and other info ---