New Queen Arrived how long can I keep her inQ cage

[Tauseef]

Hi
I wanted to ask question about, Queen
I ordered a queen its arrived but the hive is not yet ready for her
Is that OK to keep her in the cage for another day
In a ventilated place

Thanks p

[iddee]

With proper care, yes. Warm, dark area and a drop of water daily on the cage and she should be fine for several days.

[BeeMaster2]

Is there some reason that you cannot put her in the hive sealed in the cage. It is better to have her in a hive. If not I would add some bee around her cage.
Does she have worker bees in the cage. They will usually feed her every Royal jelly until they die of starvation.
Jim Altmiller

[Brian MCquilkin]

sawdstmakr good advice. If you have to keep her out of the cage,  you can use a cotton swab or tissue  soaked in water and put it on part of the screen. Do not use your finger to smear the water on the screen. I used to do it all the time until one time must have some contaminants on my finger queen and attendants was dead within abut 1hr.

[Michael Bush]

Put her in a dark quiet place and give them a drop of water everyday.  Usually you can keep them for a week or more.  Of course how much they were stressed before you got them has an effect.  The post office is hard on queens.