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Improved technique for introducing four-day old virgin queens to mating hives that uses artificial and natural queen cells for introduction
2007
Journal of Apicultural Research
We compared the acceptance of 4-day old virgin queens introduced into mating nucleus hives using natural and artificial queen cells versus a wooden 3-hole mailing cage, a standard introduction method. The queen cell methods gave high acceptance (95% and 93% for natural and artificial, respectively) even though the queen was released from the queen cell approximately 10 minutes after being introduced into the mating hive. By contrast, success using mailing cages was significantly lower (47% and
doi:10.1080/00218839.2007.11101363
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