Tuesday, April 12, 2016

New Bees moved in today!

 The new bees arrived in their screened box with the workers surrounding the queen...
 Who is contained in a tiny cell so that she is easily located.
 The cork confining her is replaced with a marshmallow that the workers will eat so they can get to her. Her cell is placed in the new hive so that her workers will follow her and move in. They are also given sugar water so that they will not have to leave the hive to feed.
 The roof is placed on and..... voila! The bees are in their new home.