Back to some agrarian-like posts!!! I started a top bar beehive three weeks ago. They have already built comb on six bars! It has been fun to provide housing for these little guys...I know it sounds dumb, but I could sit and watch them for hours. It's semi-mesmerizing to watch them fly in and out at such a rate. Coming back with legs bursting with pollen is quite a sight. This is a video during the installation of a three pound package with a queen. They queen is in that little box I pull out first. She is trapped by a big piece of candy that the worker bees eat away over the course of three days to set her free. Pretty awesome, but man was I nervous. I am wearing a white shirt because it a more passive color to the new tenants :)
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