Finally, we received the bees for our little hive. We had to wait a while because of the weather. It has been in the 50’sand it needs to be in the 60’s to open the hive or else the bees would get cold. If they get cold, the new brood will get chilled.
Paul purchased his beehives from Eco Bee Box. This is a picture inside the shop. It’s a cute little place.
The owner, Albert, has a lot of everything in his store 🙂 Lots of wax, candles, and lots of flavors of honey. Just ask, he will let you have a taste 🙂
Instead of purchasing 10,000 bees and a queen bee, Paul wanted to raise his own queen bee.
Wood to block the bees from coming out of the hive while we drive home 🙂
On the pole. Their new home!
Paul purchased brood (bee eggs) and bees. The bees in the hive detect there isn’t a queen bee so they turn one of the eggs into a queen.
How? By feeding the larvae royal jelly. The bee’s body can create royal jelly, wax, and honey.
We removed the wood and let them explore their new home!