I would not put a queen cell into anywhere without foil / sellotape / insulating tape protection.
Workers sometimes have a funny moment and tear cells down for little obvious reason - either to then raise inferior emergency cells from whatever materials are available to them, or render themselves hopelessly queenless - which of course us text book readers know they would never do. they might break down one of the unprotected cells anyway, knowing being much reduced in numbers they don't need multiple cells
Or being thus protected, one or both cells may hatch and the virgin queens fight it out.
Personally i would like a little simpler world and just put a reasonable foil covered single cell (with the tip of the foil open at the tip of the cell end) and leave them to it..
Workers sometimes have a funny moment and tear cells down for little obvious reason - either to then raise inferior emergency cells from whatever materials are available to them, or render themselves hopelessly queenless - which of course us text book readers know they would never do. they might break down one of the unprotected cells anyway, knowing being much reduced in numbers they don't need multiple cells
Or being thus protected, one or both cells may hatch and the virgin queens fight it out.
Personally i would like a little simpler world and just put a reasonable foil covered single cell (with the tip of the foil open at the tip of the cell end) and leave them to it..