I think you deserved that. I have a friend with 600 hives who will not sell bees to anyone unless they have made an effort to join a bee club or have read books so they have basic knowledge about beekeeping.
Don't be a jerk.
This forum is beekeeping 101. The place for beginners.
This was an educational and fun exchange until you decided to be God.
I'm sorry I asked a "stupid" question and would not meet with your friend's approval.
Things get lost through the internet and typed word. Perhaps I will go back to lurking and reading - which is what prompted me to ask the question to begin with. Other posts have spoken of the potential of getting virgin queens within a package. Even MB thinks he may have gotten some.
I was at my local bee club's Bee Symposium last night but I guess I should have thought the question up then and there and asked one of the experts that were trying to sell their wares.
Back to the issue at hand:
As far as the comments go about a queen not likely to mate with a drone from her package, I saw last night how they were collecting bees from LOTS of hives and then dumping them all in a huge container. This conglomerate of bees was then dumped into the package boxes until the scale said FULL. The chances are greater that a drone came from a different hive than the queen anyway. Is the time spent in the package with the queen enough time for a queen to say "Nope! You're of my own...." and move on?