And don’t install your bees if it is cold and raining. Wait until the weather is fine and sunny, packaged bees will be fine for a few days. Another alternative is to install the bees box and all inside your hive rather than shaking them all out. That way if the weather is not too great they are all safely inside the hive and can emerge on there own. Of course if there is not enough space then this will not work.
http://forum.honeyflow.com/t/installing-package-bees-without-shaking-or-smoke/1508
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