Have you ever noticed that no one ever says, "Can you pass the salt? Thanks Cornsyrup." Nor do they say "Love you Saccharin," or "Come home safe Stevia." It's always HONEY!
Back to the big day story!
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| Ready and waiting-my new hives |
Now I've got three more packages to go at home. These babies will be my obsession for the next few days. I'll check them constantly! Yet, I don't need to. They are bees. Naturally, they will be fine. They've been taking care of themselves without me looking in on them every day.
I followed the same install plan as I did at my mom's house. Shake the bees into the hive, install the queen, and feed a little. Here are some pics.
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| Package #1 into the hive |
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| The Queen comes in a special little cage. This protects her in transport from the other bees. Once she is settled, and the other bees accept her as queen (they will only keep 1 queen in any hive) I'll let her into the hive to start laying. She's bigger than all the other bees. And Fast! I had a hard time getting her all in one shot. |
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| Here you can see her, she's almost twice the size of the other bees. |
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| Can you see them flying into the top of the hive through the "Inner Cover" hole? They can tell their queen is in the hive and they are going to her. |
I'm sure if I had the world's best mini cam, I could see them in there cleaning and drawing out comb. Love those busy bees. Not a lazy one in the bunch.
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| Hive #3 |
After about an hour of fussing over them and just enjoying then finding a
new home I packed he lids on and hit the deck for some relaxation.
After a quick refreshment and dinner, I decided to go back out for one
more look. After two hours, about 90 percent of the bees have made
their way into their new homes.
Now time for a back massage and good nights sleep before I go out and start spying on them tomorrow. What a great day of beekeeping.
