The Bees are Here!

In 3 days we are scheduled to pick up our ordered bees.

But in the meantime, a fellow beekeeper has offered us one of her swarms.

 

She arrives with the captured swarm in a box

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My daughter sprays sugar syrup on the frames of the new hive

to calm them and attract them inside.

 

Opening the box of bees!

 

Bee, bees everywhere!

 

We dump them into the hive.

 

We are successful getting the queen into the hive

and the bees follow her down between the frames.

 

 

Busy bees!

Closing up the hive

Finally the hive gets a feeder full of sugar syrup 

to sustain them while they set up their home.

Welcome home!

 

 

 

 

The Buzz on Busy Bees

My neighbor has bee hives.

Last weekend 2 of the hives swarmed and they were able to capture them 

and place them in new hives.

The two new hives.

I like the colored hives.

This pink one even has a carved bee on the front.

Today, a week later, the beekeeper checked to see if the hives were thriving.

He uses a smoker to calm the bees.

Opening the hive

Look how much they've done already in a week!

 New honey comb

They certainly have been busy bees!