Hi, first time BK here.
Got my packages in the mail 2 days ago, installed about 48 hours ago. What Mr. Bush says about the queen cage had me so nervous about cross combing that I decided to remove the queen cage from one of the hives this evening. I broke off what probably amounted to their day's work while taking out the queen cage. I couldn't re-attach it so I set it down for the them to forage in the morning.
I am freaking out, did I just doom this hive? The queen was out of the cage.
I placed a baggie feeder at the bottom at the same time and plan to not recheck for 2 weeks.
Please advise!
Thanks
Got my packages in the mail 2 days ago, installed about 48 hours ago. What Mr. Bush says about the queen cage had me so nervous about cross combing that I decided to remove the queen cage from one of the hives this evening. I broke off what probably amounted to their day's work while taking out the queen cage. I couldn't re-attach it so I set it down for the them to forage in the morning.
I am freaking out, did I just doom this hive? The queen was out of the cage.
I placed a baggie feeder at the bottom at the same time and plan to not recheck for 2 weeks.
Please advise!
Thanks