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Having had poor acceptance for mated queens in splits I finally found the method that works for me. I make the split hopelessly queenless before introducing the new queen. This spring, for reasons I won’t elaborate on, I only had the chance to get 10 splits made before the queens arrived. Those got queens and had 100% acceptance. The remaining 40 I made and immediately put the queen in but kept her cage capped. I returned in three days to release them and this is what I found.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcYo_H9QiQM&t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcYo_H9QiQM&t