checking again

We have checked each frame at least twice.
It's pretty hard to miss that green dot.
She is just not here. We'll have to put the new queen in tomorrow, can't keep her in the house forever.

busy bees

The girls have been very busy! See the lovely comb. Wow! This frame is very heavy.



This is blurry, but... see the green dot? That's the Queen.




Click on the photo to see the pollen
on in the pollen basket on the bee to the far left. And the guards fanning pheromones to direct the incoming bees.

the arrival

We picked up our bees yesterday. My trusty assistant Jim pried the board off so I could get the queen cage out. She has a green dot on her head. I told Jim it's an omen. Green is my obsession. Started a hole in the candy and hung the cage between the frames. Took some frames out to dump the bees in. It was amazing to see that huge mound of bees in the bottom of the box. We slowly put the frames back in, put the inner cover on, added a jar of sugar syrup and put the outer cover back on. Now we cross our fingers. And learn how to use this camera.