Swarm has arrived

[LeeValeur]

A swarm has arrived into an old hive in my garden . They’ve been there a week and I’ve given them 2 litres of syrup and the have drawn comb and are storing pollen and nectar . I looked last evening and no signs of eggs or brood . Am I being impatient ???

 

[hemo]

Yes, if it is a VQ then she will need time to mate and lay, so could easily be 21 days or so before eggs are seen.
If and older Q again she will need time, some start straight way others a little longer.
One would suspect the former possibly, leave them to settle in and get on with things and check again in two or three weeks.

 

[LeeValeur]

Thanks for replying to my quandary . What you say makes perfect sense too me . I collected a swarm earlier in the year and that was Qless so I had a bit of a panic , lol

 

[hemo]

We have nice weather so leave them to it for a few weeks. Signs are good taking feed, drawing combs and foraging inc pollen.