Upon arriving home, the bee packages were placed in the shade and sprayed with cool water. About 20 minutes later, started spraying with "Sugar Syrup" (1:1 ratio of sugar to water for the spring feeding) made yesterday. This was to feed them and make them a little lethargic, so they will be easier manage as we move them to the hive.
Each package contains 3 lbs of bees. Some dead bees were on the box floor.
Pried off the cover and took out the Queen cage, got it wrapped to hang between frame 3 and 4, shook some of the bees over the Queen Bee and set the remainder of bees, in the open area of the box, where frames 6 - 10 would be.
Package #1 in their new home!
Stumbled onto your blog from blogger.com random pages, love what you are doing with the bees and how you have presented it here in a clear format. You now have me thinking of doing the same thing down south. look forward to following,
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