The queen cage had a big hunk of comb started on it, so after we did the direct release of the queen, we brought it in and took some pictures and measurements.
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The bees were packaged on Monday and Tuesday, and the package was driven to VA by the supplier. I picked up the bees on Saturday morning and hived them that afternoon. Obviously, they got right to business!
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This is the back of the queen cage, with lots of wax deposited for the start of more comb.
I used a set of calipers to measure the size of the cell, and got between 4.9ish and 5.1ish, depending on where I checked.