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Re-Queening - understanding the colonies behaviour
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<blockquote data-quote="Pixie" data-source="post: 8262" data-attributes="member: 528"><p>Hello, we are newish bee keepers.</p><p>Installed 2 new hives, 1 x 5 frame nuc Into a new langstroth 1 F/D super 10 frames total, and 1 package into a top bar.</p><p></p><p>Nuc came with 1 frame of capped brood. All looked well on first inspection (2 weeks post install), or so we thought. </p><p></p><p>We completed a full inspection 2 weeks post installation, to discover no new brood or grubs. We ordered a new queen. We installed her in her plastic cage yesterday (1 further week from last inspection aprox 4 weeks from initial installation). We did have a practice swarm? 2 weeks ago, but all bees returned to the hive after a few hours. (Don’t know if such a thing exists but they left then they came back)</p><p></p><p>On installation of new queen, we observed a few bees casually checking out the new arrivals in the cage. but once we closed up the frames the entire colony started to buzz loudly, very loudly. </p><p></p><p>Is this good news or ominous?</p><p></p><p>Any other recommendation?</p><p></p><p>The other hive is a top bar and doing well compared with it’s sister hive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pixie, post: 8262, member: 528"] Hello, we are newish bee keepers. Installed 2 new hives, 1 x 5 frame nuc Into a new langstroth 1 F/D super 10 frames total, and 1 package into a top bar. Nuc came with 1 frame of capped brood. All looked well on first inspection (2 weeks post install), or so we thought. We completed a full inspection 2 weeks post installation, to discover no new brood or grubs. We ordered a new queen. We installed her in her plastic cage yesterday (1 further week from last inspection aprox 4 weeks from initial installation). We did have a practice swarm? 2 weeks ago, but all bees returned to the hive after a few hours. (Don’t know if such a thing exists but they left then they came back) On installation of new queen, we observed a few bees casually checking out the new arrivals in the cage. but once we closed up the frames the entire colony started to buzz loudly, very loudly. Is this good news or ominous? Any other recommendation? The other hive is a top bar and doing well compared with it’s sister hive. [/QUOTE]
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