Learn from my Mistake

Started by Donovan J, April 16, 2020, 05:23:51 PM

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Donovan J

April 16, 2020, 05:23:51 PM
I installed my package 2 weeks ago and I thought I would post what I did wrong on here so no one else makes this mistake. They came in the mail and looked fine. I put them in the hive and put the package out in front of the hive for the stragglers and I came back in the evening and there was a ton of bees still in there. I dumped them into the chicken coop so they can have a little snack but they were still moving so I quickly scooped them up and placed them in the hive. The package had no food in it so I think these were hungry bees. Anyway they're all fine now and the queen is filling the hive with brood.

van from Arkansas

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April 16, 2020, 06:30:50 PM
The package had no food in it


Usually package bees have a can of syrup with tiny holes that the bees can feed while in shipment.  Did your package not have any food, no can of syrup?

Van
I have been around bees a long time, since birth.  I am a hobbyist so my answers often reflect this fact.  I concentrate on genetics, raise my own queens by wet graft, nicot, with natural or II breeding.  I do not sell queens, I will give queens  for free but no shipping.

Nock

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April 16, 2020, 08:13:29 PM
Yeah should?ve been a can in there.

Donovan J

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April 16, 2020, 08:16:46 PM
Quote from: van from Arkansas on April 16, 2020, 06:30:50 PM
The package had no food in it


Usually package bees have a can of syrup with tiny holes that the bees can feed while in shipment.  Did your package not have any food, no can of syrup?

Van

It didn't but I saw remnants of a fondant cube in the bottom and some bees munching on it
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