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dir="auto">Hi again Zuzana<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sorry I see
that in my previous answer I missed the bit in your question about how you can
tell the queen (or princess) is there. </div><div
dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For a newly hired swarm, the easiest way
to tell is just to observe how they are at the entrance (e.g. the rap test is
not appropriate).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> if the
bees are acting in a purposeful active manner (on a good weather day, like
today) and going about their business - setting out foraging (or doing
orientation flights if just hived), zooming off and coming back, then that is a
strong indicator that all is well, especially if there are some with
pollen. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If they were
queenless, they would mill around a bit and not act in a coherent or purposeful
manner.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div
class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 May 2022 09:35, Oxnatbees
<oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote
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solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hi Zuzana<div dir="auto"><br></div><div
dir="auto">Swarms bees are usually bursting with wax flakes and start building
a bit of comb asap They don't do this quite like an established colony
which already has a nest. So no dedicated honeycomb as there are higher
priorities.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">They make a small
amount of comb rapidly with the wax they come prepared with and this is used in
combination for a nest with some pollen and nectar storage so brood can be
raised and fed. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The Queen
(if a prime swarm) will be rapidly wanting to lay eggs and getting her going on
raising the new colony brood is the imperative.</div><div
dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For a princess, the needs are similar but
of course no eggs will be laid until she is mated (could be a few days, could
be a week or so depending on weather for the mating flight, etc).</div><div
dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lynne (Paul is out atm so may have more to
add)</div></div><br><div class="elided-text"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, 7 May 2022,
09:07 Zuzana Meryova, <<a
href="mailto:zuzanameryova@xxxxxxxxx";>zuzanameryova@xxxxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello
all, <div><br></div><div>sorry to bombarded you with so many
questions .... </div><div><br></div><div>Once the swarm is in hive, what
is the order of building and can you tell if queen is there?</div><div>For
example, would they start building comb one-three and fill it with honey first,
then comb four-six for brood nest (on a day 4-5? or other day) and so on? And
what does queen do while waiting for the egg spaces being built or just waits
and keeps on putting weight on?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you, and sorry
to ask silly questions</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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