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On Thursday afternoon, I caught a swarm from one of my hives and successfully moved it into a box with a queen excluder on it to keep them in the box.
Today, (Saturday), I was watching the hive to see what the bees are bringing in. I did not see them bringing any pollen in. No pollen whatsoever. I looked at a few of my other hives and they were bringing in a bunch of pollen.
Is there a period of time after swarming that the bees will not bring in pollen? In looking at the bee calendar, it will be at least 3 days before pollen would be needed for the larvae. Will the bees not bring in pollen until needed or will they bring it in on day one? I am worried that the swarm may not be accepting the box.
should I just take of the excluder and see what happens? I have not done an inspection to see what they are doing.
Thanks!
On Thursday afternoon, I caught a swarm from one of my hives and successfully moved it into a box with a queen excluder on it to keep them in the box.
Today, (Saturday), I was watching the hive to see what the bees are bringing in. I did not see them bringing any pollen in. No pollen whatsoever. I looked at a few of my other hives and they were bringing in a bunch of pollen.
Is there a period of time after swarming that the bees will not bring in pollen? In looking at the bee calendar, it will be at least 3 days before pollen would be needed for the larvae. Will the bees not bring in pollen until needed or will they bring it in on day one? I am worried that the swarm may not be accepting the box.
should I just take of the excluder and see what happens? I have not done an inspection to see what they are doing.
Thanks!