Michael Palmer wrote:
 
>The package may then supercede the queen,  blaming her for the unbalance
>within the hive. This can be corrected by giving the colony a frame of
>emerging brood two weeks after installation of the package.
 
Hi Michael:
 
I am curious as to why you chose the two week time delay for the addition of
a brood frame.  I would think that the sooner one added the brood the sooner
one would have young bees with active brood food and wax glands.
 
As I have over two hundred overwintered colonies for donors, and two hundred
packages coming I have considerable interest in your reply.  Young bees
present from brood frames given at the time of hiving the packages should
still be present at the two week time to correct age imbalances.
 
Regards, Stan