Apimaye Beehive Queen Install after package Queen was dead

Apimaye Beehive Queen Install after package Queen was dead

The original queen that came with the package was DOA. Thanks to Bee Well for wasting no time at all and getting me a new queen the next day.

I made several mistakes although I now have a clear understanding of how to do this next time. While I thought bees would be somewhat aggressive they really were not -

Well I will know what to do next time! In this bout I dropped the queen cage several times. It took me while to get it right however it all worked out in the end.

It seemed they took to her right away knowing they needed a queen to sustain the hive. When I first took the cage out of the package box that arrived UPS - she did seem tired but when the girls started checking her out I could see the queen becoming much more lively.

Fingers crossed all went well. Next check will be in about 4 days -