re-queened last Thursday. queens in 3 hives are not out yet. should I let them out? the bees seem to bee ok with them.
As soon as everyone is getting along(no biting/balling), you should be golden.
I check 7 days after installing a new queen. If not requeening italians with a russian queen, I would release her if they had not done so. When installing a russian queen I wait10 days to release her.
7 days is more than enough for Italian's. I have placed a queen directly into a hive, slowly, that had been with out a queen for a day or so. Last week I put a new q (marked her) in a cage, placed her on top of the top frames for an hour in a hive that i knew was q less. An hour later I checked on how they reacted and let her out. She is still in there.
Jim