RUSSIAN QUEENS - Don't pull the cork for at least 3 days if you have candy in the end. If you have no candy and must use a marshmallow, wait 4 days. I know it sounds strange but i've done enough research on this topic to kill a horse. The acceptance rate of a Russian queen is much lower if you don't allow the extra time. It is due to the fact that her pharamones is so diff from the italians. I have just made up the same type of split that MajorJC has and i'm following the directions from the Russian Honeybee Breaders Association http://www.russianbreeder.org/ Using push in cages over top of emerging brood gives her a workforce while she waits as new bees know NO queen yet and will take her as their own immediately.
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