So last week I ordered a new queen and stuck it in the hive Friday late afternoon. On Sunday late afternoon I checked and it looked like the hive was accepting here because they weren't all balled up and and chewing on the cage, but the candy wasn't all eaten away yet so I chipped a little more out and poked a small hole through it with a long pine needle.
Today I went out and checked because we had a big storm yesterday, the foundations had larva in a couple of frames and the Bees were hauling a lot of pollen in. The cage was down further about half way down the frame and the hole was around an eighth of an inch big and still had bees in it, but I couldn't tell if one was the queen or just some strays going in and out so I stuck it back in the frames and closed it up.
-How big of a hole does the queen need to get out and if so did she lay those larva or are they from workers? They seem to be pretty uniform but I couldn't tell if they had multiple larva in the cells or not, but I didn't think I would see Larva already from her since it's only been since Monday if she did get out Sunday night.
Today I went out and checked because we had a big storm yesterday, the foundations had larva in a couple of frames and the Bees were hauling a lot of pollen in. The cage was down further about half way down the frame and the hole was around an eighth of an inch big and still had bees in it, but I couldn't tell if one was the queen or just some strays going in and out so I stuck it back in the frames and closed it up.
-How big of a hole does the queen need to get out and if so did she lay those larva or are they from workers? They seem to be pretty uniform but I couldn't tell if they had multiple larva in the cells or not, but I didn't think I would see Larva already from her since it's only been since Monday if she did get out Sunday night.