Well it’s a long story but I’ll shorten it up…
I installed 2 packages of bees yesterday and they have these new plastic queen cages in them…
Well these new plastic cages have no way of hanging on the frame; I’m starting out with new foundation so they don’t even stay at the top of the frames they fall right in…
I called up to where I bought them today [lapps] to get some advice and I was told to pop the top off and let the queen out, right, it’s allot easier said than done the plastic top is clipped or attached some how, I could barely pry the top off, needless to say I pretty sure I lost at least one of the queens…
How long should I wait to check to see if I did indeed loose the queen?
If I did loose the queen how long before the workers would start laying eggs of there own?
Where is a good place to buy new queens?
Thanks, Scott
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