I admit it, I'm cramming up for module 6.
This seems like it should be a straightforward question and I have a timescale of about three weeks in my head but I can't find anything to back it up or tell me I'm wrong,
I know it's a few days after she emerges before she's ready to fly and I've known colonies take up to five weeks for a new queen to come into lay. In theory she should be ready to start laying 2-3 days after her last mating flight so is "approximately 4 weeks" a more reasonable time to be thinking in terms of a deadline for a virgin queen to mate?
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