Is there a preferred time of day to install? Morning, afternoon, evening?
I installed mine in the afternoon with no problems
I installed mine at about two in the evening . No Problems .
I installed my last five packages between 7:30pm and 9:00pm. No issues except it was hard to see near the end of it all.
and the answer is: One hour before sunset. At least that is what Steve Taber of www.honeybeegenetics.com told me to do, I did, all went well!
An hour before sunset is probably an excellent time. But if you have 30 packages to install, you'll have to start earlier than that...
My .02. on a package install, I don't think it really matters what time of day cause the bees have come a long way from where ever it was they came from, so they have no choice but to orient right where you install them.
One advantage I could see doing it late evening though would be to decrease the liklihood of drifting if you are doing more than one package install.
...JP
30 packages????????? Moses, now I never did even think of that...