Re-queen question

[LJH]

Just a quick question...
If a queenless hive is given a laying queen and she is readily accepted, should the queen start to lay near enough straight away, or will she need a little time to adjust to a new colony before she starts to lay? Hive has been queenless for a number of weeks, no eggs or larvae in the hive. Thoughts and/or experiences please.
Thanks

 

[LJH]

Don't be shy, someone must be clued up??

 

[alldigging]

How do you know it was a laying queen?
How was it introduced?

 

[mbc]

I would expect to see eggs in ten days, otherwise I'd assume the introduction was unsuccessful or the queen was defective.

 

[For want of a better word]

Feed 1:1 when introducing a queen to a colony.... with MBC expect to see eggs after 10 days or so... also check for supercedure cells, colony may not be happy with a new queen ... but will raise a new queen from her eggs!

Yeghes da

 

[LJH]

How do you know it was a laying queen?
How was it introduced?

I got her from someone who was re-queening hives. Put in the hive last night, suspended between frames in a small plastic cage. Released this morning. Didn't witness any aggression, not that was obvious to me anyway. Bees just seemed to be accepting of her. It's just a last chance saloon attempt at saving a dying, queenless colony. If nothing comes of it, at least I tried.
Thanks all, will take a peek in a week or so.

 

[mbc]

I got her from someone who was re-queening hives. Put in the hive last night, suspended between frames in a small plastic cage. Released this morning. Didn't witness any aggression, not that was obvious to me anyway. Bees just seemed to be accepting of her. It's just a last chance saloon attempt at saving a dying, queenless colony. If nothing comes of it, at least I tried.
Thanks all, will take a peek in a week or so.

Shouldn't look or even disturb the colony for at least seven days, ten is better. Sometimes a released queen will get balled and killed if the colony is agitated before she's laying.