I received a bee package yesterday and over 90% of the bees were dead. I did get the remaining live bees into the new hive and free released the queen who was also alive. I have a pollen patty and sugar water in the hive. Today, I opened the hive and the few bees are either clung on the bottom board around the sugar feeders or on the pollen patty. I spotted the queen on the pollen patty(see picture), but no foraging or workers leaving the hive. No comb started. I got a refund from the bee supplier. I hope to get another package, but should I and if I do what do I do with the current queen and the few hundred bees around her? Should I not get a new package and see if this small population can survive?
I answered this on the other thread you started. This is not like Facebook, you shouldn’t need to post a question twice to get an answer 
Here is the link. I suggest that anyone else who wants to answer goes to the first thread, to avoid confusion and dilution of information:
Thanks Dawn. Sorry about the double posting. On the first post I didn’t specify a category to put the post under so I thought it would disappear into never land. I repeated the post, but put it under beekeeping basics. Again, thanks for the advice.
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I edited the Category for you, so it now appears in Beekeeping Basics, with a tag of package-of-bees. Hope that helps!