I have noticed that all of the virgin queens I find during inspections are acting like they are scared. You know fast moving and hide well. Mated and established queens move slowly and deliberately across the comb. Is this normal?
I have heard that before.
Yes. That is a good description of the difference. It's why virgin queens are very hard to spot.
pretty much but i have some mated queens that get a little "runny" at times too. i think they're faster before they're mated (could be because they are substantially smaller at the time).