"In packages, there is no candy in the queen cage. The bees are expected to feed her thru the screen." My package supplier always puts candy in the queen cages. I deal with one supplier regularly but have also used a couple of others on and off and still always had candy in the cages. I always release the queen when I put in the package, by the time they are hived they have been with the queen long enough. It is a long way from Georgia to Maine plenty of time to get friendly. Karen Maine *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm