This year I timed it right. Bees from Mississipi to me (Indiana) were 
in cages less than 22 hours. That was probably not enough time, hence 
the need for candy.  The added bonus: virtually no dead bees at the 
bottom of each package.

By the way, has anyone considered how much a bee package is similar 
to the hold of a slave ship? My goal this year was to have the bees 
jammed together like that for as little time as possible.

Yesterday, Karen Thurlow-Kimball <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>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.

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