small swarm hived 9 days ago - question

[jeb532]

Had the post office call and say "come pick up your bees"...which was odd since I hadn't ordered any. Turns out they had a swarm they wanted me to "pick up". Pretty dang small - maybe only a pound of two of bees.

Well 9 days later I finally ascertained I actually got the queen too. I looked on 3 separate occasions, but did not see her. I also found a brand new supercedure queen cell. I did not see any capped cells and they have only drawn out the entrance side half of about 3-4 frames.

They are drawing comb, taking sugar water, and bringing in pollen. I have the entrance stopped down to 3/8"x 3/8" to help stop any robbing (been a problem). I did not see any capped cells and they have only drawn out the entrance side half of about 3-4 frames (too few bees?).

What are these bees thinking?



http://s561.photobucket.com/albums/s...l-20110429.jpg

[Batman]

Bees will tend to build and tear down cups all the time. If you don't see any larva in them, then don't worry too much about it.

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