Brand new to bee keeping and I decided to go with a two queen hive. I forgot to check the queens when I hived the bees as this was my first hive. The guy I purchased my bees from told me to wait for four days to release the queens. When I did go one was pretty well dried up and the other was fine so I pulled the cork and put a marshmallow in the hole.
My question is, is it to late to put a second queen in or shall I just pull the barrier and go with a single queen?
I was reading about putting a queen in alcohol to use as a lure. Can I use this queen for that even with her being desiccated?
I got a package from another supplier and both those queens are fine.