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If the old queen does not leave with a prime swarm, it is probable the first virgin that emerges will kill her. The virgins can't get through the excluder so they become drone layers, if they lay at all. The end result is a lost colony.

The only reason I can see to use one is to by a little time to make splits.
 
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