From: Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]>
>A friend told me that she was advised not to look at her newly hived swarm for two weeks. I suggested looking in right away to see if she even got the queen. In two days she should see eggs.

I don't see evidence of "superstitious nonsense", unless your friend was absolutely sure that this was a primary swarm with a mated (and laying) queen.

I've never (knowingly) worked with a secondary swarm with a virgin queen.  I have opened hives a few days after introducing a virgin...on several of these occasions, I've seen the virgin (who was getting along just fine for a few days before I opened the box) balled in the disturbance of a hive opening.  Would the same thing happen with a virgin in a secondary swarm after they are hived?  I don't know....but I do know that if all we know is that it is a swarm, we cannot assume that she will be laying eggs in two days.

deknow

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