OK. Not a totally new beekeeper (maybe five years), but I did a stupid thing when installing a 3 pound package bee set.
Instead of putting in the screen in the top slot, I put it on the bottom shelf. And so, my package bees are using only the back entrance (facing a northwest direction) rather than the prescribed entrance. The package bees have accepted the queen and she was laying eggs by day five of installation.
However, the bees continue to use the "wrong entrance."
Do I worry about this?
If I need to worry about this, what do I do? Put in the bottom screen in the correct slot (top) at night and hope that the colony will adjust? Or something else?
Feeling sheepish.
Instead of putting in the screen in the top slot, I put it on the bottom shelf. And so, my package bees are using only the back entrance (facing a northwest direction) rather than the prescribed entrance. The package bees have accepted the queen and she was laying eggs by day five of installation.
However, the bees continue to use the "wrong entrance."
Do I worry about this?
If I need to worry about this, what do I do? Put in the bottom screen in the correct slot (top) at night and hope that the colony will adjust? Or something else?
Feeling sheepish.