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Topic: Can a newly mated queen get through a queen excluder? (Read 2654 times)

So I waited a day late before pulling my queen cells from the cell builder hive. All of the queens were out of their cells except for one that was dead and halfway out of her cell. UGH! I hate those last minute trips out of town.

Anyway...in my cell builder hive I have a queen excluder over the entrance to prevent any rogue queens to come in and take over the hive. I am assuming that I need to empty this hive of all frames and bees and put into a conventional box to make sure I get a mated queen laying in that hive. Yes?