bees are not leaving the hive

[LoriMNnice]

I got a nuc of bees(four frames) on Monday 23rd. I seen lots of activity and bees foraging they were bringing back bright orange pollen on Tuesday  now Wed and today(Thurs) no bees are leaving the hive. Is this normal? They are in a 10 frame deep with top entrance. They also have a baggie feeder with 1:1 syrup.

[AllenF]

I bet the nuc is full of nurse bees and you are feeding them so all they need is a little pollen.

[gardeningfireman]

Make sure they still have a queen.

[LoriMNnice]

Make sure they still have a queen.

The queen was there when I brought it home.

[Kathyp]

have you looked inside?

[LoriMNnice]

have you looked inside?

I just came back from the hive and now I see bees they are doing what they were doing Tues bringing in pollen flying around etc., more then what the pic shows and I took off cover and lots were on the syrup baggie thats as far as I went in.

[forrestcav]

what was the weather like?

[CBEE]

It is probably a little bit of weather, lower temps plus small # of bees that just got dumped into a larger space to take care of plus a low amount of forage bees.

[forrestcav]

my thoughts axactly. the nuc I hived did the same thing when the temp dropped 20 degrees three days after I hived them. I went by to check on them and nothing was moving. I got real worried, two days later temp came up and girls were doing great.

[Jim134]

what was the weather like?

Temperature,Sunny,wind,rain ???


   BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)