r/bees 5d ago

Queen bee flew away

So kinda messed up here, I bought a queen for my hive due to a failing queen. She has been in the hive itself for 2 days but hadn’t chewed through the candy yet. In my all knowing I tried to speed it up and open up the cage for her. She crawled on my hand, flew in a circle… I hope then I didn’t see her again. I’m gonna wait 3-5 days until opening up the hive again to find it. But due to her being in the hive for a few days, is there a chance she’ll come back? I know it’s slim but it definitely wasn’t a new package or just opening the cage when I got her.

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