Hello All
I would think that as soon as the newly hived swarm accepted their new hive
and began marking it, that the '3 feet 3 miles' rule would apply. I have
observed bees making what appeared to me to be orientation flights a short
time after being hived.
Sincerely
Tom Barrett
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