You got me there Stan. Don't really know why to wait. Gives the new queen time
to get laying?
 
Stan Sandler wrote:
 
> 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