Chrisbarlow, sorry but you got what I said very wrong.
I said 'early' not 'late' supersedure.
'Most' supersedure is late in the year and this is generally accepted by beekeepers. But for someone to buy an expensive travelled queen and have her superseded in the spring of her first year is very wrong, should it happen.
This can be very hard on a novice beekeeper , as they will lose a few weeks of colony expansion. Not a nice introduction to beekeeping IMO.
Unless they have a very good mentor they will not even notice the problem and will not complain to the supplier.
I said 'early' not 'late' supersedure.
'Most' supersedure is late in the year and this is generally accepted by beekeepers. But for someone to buy an expensive travelled queen and have her superseded in the spring of her first year is very wrong, should it happen.
This can be very hard on a novice beekeeper , as they will lose a few weeks of colony expansion. Not a nice introduction to beekeeping IMO.
Unless they have a very good mentor they will not even notice the problem and will not complain to the supplier.