[kbenz]

been ten days since I hived the bodine swarm. opened it up and have lots of comb,bees and a little pollen but no eggs yet

 

[bigbore]

if you don't have eggs in another 10 days, you didn't get her, or something happened to her. give them a frame of eggs if you can, and see what they do with it.

 

[kbenz]

here are some pics

 

[Joseph Clemens]

If they built a fair quantity of new comb, there is most likely a queen present. It takes an awful lot of bees to build comb without a queen present.

 

[kbenz]

they have comb built on over 3/4 of the bars. when I caught the swarm I believe I missed the queen the first time. they all went back to the bush. second attempt they stayed in the hive and the fliers eventually went also.

 

[kbenz]

was gonna try to stay out of there a little longer, but, couldn't stand it anymore. pulled 2 bars yesterday and had capped brood on 2nd one