How long do you give a honeybee queen to mate

I had three grafted queens off on their mating flights in June. One came back within a week and was already laying. The other two, I had no signs of the past two weeks of checking after I saw the hatched queen cells.
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[@CamppattonFamilyCompound]

Every time I watch I realize how much more I need to learn before we get bees

[@bigben567s4]

Cool video. Good point about waiting, but also check the hive really good for a Queen before introducing a new one. Added one earlier this spring at the 3 week mark with no eggs in the hive. The bees already had their Queen, I just didn't know it. Sad day for the added Queen..RIP. On another note, I had another Queen return and it took like a week before she laid any eggs.

[@JohnAmes]

Some great information my friend

[@davidcarlisle3384]

Very interesting. I hit the like button my friend 👍😊.

[@CamppattonFamilyCompound]

First and this is a good topic

[@joekuder]

you make it sound like she could be gone for days. queens on mating flight don't camp out over night

[@seanmccaffrey6378]

I always allow 5days to mature and 3weeks max ,I never use a test frame of eggs as new queen won’t lay if there’s eggs in the test frame , good video