First queens emerged 2015

[The Drone Ranger]

Jon,
Excuse my ignorance im trying to get my head around this, Am I correct in thinking the following.
Day 1 egg.
Day 8 cells sealed.
Day 12 transfer to incubator. move worker bees to Apedia and keep sealed in until queen hatches.
Day 15 transfer cell to Apedia
Day 16 cell hatches new queen.
Day 19 open apedia allow bees to fly
Day 22 queen mated.
Day 27 approx queen laying.
I know it might sound easy to you when you know what your doing, but im trying to get my head around the process for next season.

Hi greengage
I think Jon has pointed out that the shut in for 3 days after emergence is too long and a day will do
Usually Queens will make their mating flight about 7 days after emergence
They will have a few practice fly arounds first to build wing power and orient themselves
That activity can cause a bit of commotion round the mini or nuc
About 10 days after the mating flight the queen will be laying
Sometimes the mating is quicker often the laying starts earlier but that would be a bonus