The Backyard Bees
I have been wanting to put a hive in the back yard for some time. Earlier this year I decided to order a three pound package of bees with a queen to do just that.
Today I received my package bees from Gardener's Apiaries! The girls looked good considering their three day trip. The bees were clustered around the queen cage and feeder can. I used a spray bottle and sprayed the bees lightly with water as soon as I picked them up at the UPS center. On the bottom of the package there were a hundred or so dead bees.
It took about twenty minutes to install the bees into their hive. This hive has frames that use wax coated plasticell for foundation. And none of the frames are drawn out...yet.
I installed a hive top feeder for this hive. This should work much better than one quart feeder jars. I just have to watch out for ants!
I took a few pictures and a couple of movies, I'll post later.
I need to come up with a name for this hive.
I didn't make it out to the Bee Yard at my parent's house, I'll do that tomorrow.
Heres a photo of the bees just before I put them in the hive
The hive stand area
These clips were made just after the bees were put into the hive
No comments:
Post a Comment