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<blockquote data-quote="Mummzie" data-source="post: 8564" data-attributes="member: 5"><p>After about 6 hours the hive will know they are queenless. Then with the 3ish days it takes for the queen to be released, her pheromones should have been circulated and acceptance should be no problem. If they are queenless for longer, they may have decided to make their own replacement Queen.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That depends on how long she was in the cage before she got to you. If you cant place her immediately, give the bees in the cage a drop or two of water, and be sure to store somewhere warm and safe ie. where they wont get fly sprayed / out of direct sunlight...etc</p><p></p><p>I don't think putting the infected box on the bottom would be my choice of action for this reason. The foraging bees will need to walk thru it to get to the brood area, therefore spreading the spores. Whatever you choose to do should be guided by trying to reduce the spread of infection and also to maximize the colonies opportunity to build healthy brood quickly. </p><p></p><p></p><p>No. It just helps with acceptance</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mummzie, post: 8564, member: 5"] After about 6 hours the hive will know they are queenless. Then with the 3ish days it takes for the queen to be released, her pheromones should have been circulated and acceptance should be no problem. If they are queenless for longer, they may have decided to make their own replacement Queen. That depends on how long she was in the cage before she got to you. If you cant place her immediately, give the bees in the cage a drop or two of water, and be sure to store somewhere warm and safe ie. where they wont get fly sprayed / out of direct sunlight...etc I don't think putting the infected box on the bottom would be my choice of action for this reason. The foraging bees will need to walk thru it to get to the brood area, therefore spreading the spores. Whatever you choose to do should be guided by trying to reduce the spread of infection and also to maximize the colonies opportunity to build healthy brood quickly. No. It just helps with acceptance [/QUOTE]
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