Re-queening nasty-------- hive

[Beefriendly]

Canary...are you sure you are cut out for beekeeping?

 

[Murox]

I have another small hive with a baby queen of similar age so should have emerged also, as this half of the nasty hive had a queen until more recently I will allow a few more days before checking for further queen cells and attempting to marry to the baby queen.

As I read it you have two hives currently without eggs and both with virgin or newly mated queens. Do you have a backup plan if those virgins turn out to be dud or don't return to the hive for some reason ?