We had a swarm come to us! In the picture you can see the nuc (mini-hive) we set out and the cluster of bees hanging on the front. We assume the queen is in the cluster. Later we set the nuc on top of the hive body and the bees moved into the hive by evening. We now have 4 hives although the new one has a very small number of bees compared to the others. Hopefully they can build up enough in numbers and stored honey to make it through the winter. Sunday they were busy flying around the yard and garden, right at home in their new hive.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Bees
We had a swarm come to us! In the picture you can see the nuc (mini-hive) we set out and the cluster of bees hanging on the front. We assume the queen is in the cluster. Later we set the nuc on top of the hive body and the bees moved into the hive by evening. We now have 4 hives although the new one has a very small number of bees compared to the others. Hopefully they can build up enough in numbers and stored honey to make it through the winter. Sunday they were busy flying around the yard and garden, right at home in their new hive.
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