The bees were driven up from Georgia and we met the farmer at his house. We brought the bees home in a Rubber Maid Bin in our trunk!
The can is foul of suger water.
Here I am taking out the queen. She is in a separate screen box. She can communicate with her colony.
The Queen.
You have to take the cork out. The worker bees will chew in the rest of the way, through some candy, and the queen will be released. This takes 4 to 7 days.
Here we are shaking the bees in.
Queen #2
You have to gently move the bees to put the frames in.
See how they stay near the queen?
Wow, that is so interesting. I'd never seen how a hive was set up. I can't wait to see more pictures and read about how they get on.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing the pictures.
ReplyDeleteYou wrote "Queen #2". Do you have a different queen for each hive? Or is that just picture #2?
How can you tell that they are settling in and making this their home?
Do you think your neighbors will notice more bees in the area?
There are 2 queens, one for each hive. They don't seem to bother the neighbors. They fly out the front door and straight up. No one sees more bees around (so far)!
ReplyDeleteWe checked them on day 6 and saw that the queen is out of her mini-cage. The bees have made some eggs and propelis. We will post pictures of that very soon.