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I just installed 2 packages of bees on Sunday and had issues with both. One, I pulled the cork out of the wrong end so then I quickly put the cage on the bottom and closed up the hive. This one seems to have lots of work going on and the queen cage is now empty so I think I'm ok.
The second, I did the queen cage correctly but after two days they had made comb around the cage and crossed it through 3 bars so I tried fixing it and left the queen cage on the bottom for them to continue freeing her. Today I looked through the window and there are at least 3 bars with some nice straight comb but it appears about 1/2 of the bees are gone. What happened and is there anything I can do?
The second, I did the queen cage correctly but after two days they had made comb around the cage and crossed it through 3 bars so I tried fixing it and left the queen cage on the bottom for them to continue freeing her. Today I looked through the window and there are at least 3 bars with some nice straight comb but it appears about 1/2 of the bees are gone. What happened and is there anything I can do?