Questions about moving hives

[GSF]

4 days? I bet someone has to go to the bathroom - real bad. (lol)

[jimineycricket]

Wouldn't you loose more than 300 bees to natural die-off in four days?

[Beeboy01]

Wouldn't you loose more than 300 bees to natural die-off in four days?
Don't know what the die off would be in four days. The field bees would be where the losses would occur. One hive had a higher loss than the other two, maybe a handful of dead bees, the other two loss less bees. The hives have settled and are flying and appear OK. Having screened top covers and bottom boards gave the hives good ventilation and having them in the shade helped. Four days was pushing it.
  I'm inspecting them this weekend and checking the brood boxes.

   

[Acebird]

It stands to reason that if a queen lays up 1500 eggs a day the death rate will be nearly the same 6-8 weeks later.

[Beeboy01]

There's no way to tell how many eggs the queen was laying 6-8 weeks ago. Just because she could lay 1500 eggs back then it doesn't follow that she did.

[Acebird]

If she wasn't the colony is in trouble.

[little john]

My bees are quite often confined to their hives for 4 days or more in a row - due to persistent rain.  Sure, the bees don't like that kind of situation, but they don't get distressed about it.
LJ

[Beeboy01]

So far it was a successful move, the bees have settled in and are bring in pollen. As to queens laying 1500 eggs per day going into the fall, well the hive would overpopulate and deplete their honey stores going into winter. Once the brood gets honey bound in the fall the queen slows down laying and pretty much stops in winter. Even if a queen can lay 1500 eggs per day it doesn't follow she will do that all the time, the conditions must be correct. I believe "The ABC-XYZ Of Beekeeping" had a great chapter on the queen laying cycle. I highly recommend  the book for beekeepers of any level from novice on up.