I'm in VA. temps in 50s day 30s night. installed package sunday. worried about bee cluster around new gueen. what can I expect? what should I do? wm
My wife and I always seem to be installing our girls on overcast or rainy days when it's raw and colder than 50 degrees. Never had a problem so I'd bet yours will be fine as long as you gave them something to eat. It's probably nice and toasty inside the hive.
When I installed it went down to 38 that night. I warmed my sugar water to around 90 degrees. I feed inside with quail waters. Don't know if that is right or wrong, but I think they liked the warmth. I put the queen near the feeder also.
placing newspaper over area where queen is caged helps, wrapping it around the frame edges where the bees stop clustering (surrounding them a little bit). Also, reduce openings. They should be fine.
How did you get a package so quick and from who?
Thanks for the replies. Bees came out of GA thur my local supplier. He received 100 packages. more coming on april 2.
We all got ours March 7 and March 15 in GA.
Quote from: whiteflyer on March 23, 2009, 10:09:15 PM
Thanks for the replies. Bees came out of GA thur my local supplier. He received 100 packages. more coming on april 2.
Hey is that a J3 cub. ??? I flew a J3 clipped wing, sweetest plane I ever flew. almost aeorbatic. well sorta you know. LOL Welll thats not totally true I flew a stinson beaver with floats, that was a nice unit as well. lands on a dime. doesn't do cross winds all that well but still nice. Dad always like them stinson's , I was more a piper man myself.
MustbeeNuts, Yes its a J3. 1946. My brother and I restored it 2 years ago. C85 power. also finished second cub in 08. 1946 with C65. WM