Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Top Bar beehive Installation

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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