If these bees could speak, they would say:
Back in the Spring of 2012, we moved from Clarkson, Kentucky, to Whitewater, Missouri. "We" as in me, all my sisters (the worker bees), and a foster mom (the queen bee).
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| The three pound package arrived in the mail - I had to pick it up from the local post office. |
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| a pound of bees is approximately 3,500 bees |
Then we moved into this huge one room house, where I had to share a bed (wax foundation + frame) with my sisters.
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| The lower box of the hive, the brood box, holds 10 frames that are about 8" deep x 16" long. |
We were treated like royalty for the first couple days, and were given a huge free bottle of intoxicant as a house-warming gift (quart jar of sugar water). Then, we started to explore and make our own intoxicant (honey).
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| The can on top of the hive is the sugar water that traveled with the bees. The jar on the lower right of the hive is the sugar water I made for them. |
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| The little red wagon is getting a work out this year. |
Honestly, though, installing the bees in the hive wasn't very hard. I watched several videos on youtube.com. but this one was the most helpful:
There were quite a few bees that didn't want to come out of their travel box, so I set the box up in front of the hive entrance. Hopefully the box is empty when I arrive home tonight and I can take it away!
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