I used three queens and then I got to one of my mean colonies I was going to requeen and when I found her, she was pure bee porn.
LOL Vance..
I guess for me its the difference of gloves or no gloves. I can wear a veil, but I really don't like wearing gloves. I can deal with an occasional ping or a bee buzzing around the veil, but I don't like scraping stingers out of my fingers.
That queen with the mean bees? If she IS that good. and her bees are that bad.. She goes to a nuc and her hive gets split with new queens. I really dont like mean bees, but I also have a difficult time doing in a prolific queen, so I use her to make bees for splits or to overwinter in a nuc.