In the new space we have added 3 new hives and a nuc(like a back up hive)! We now have 4 total hives! One from last year and 3 new.
The Novus hive survied the mild winter and is full of bees. It looks to be doing great.
The new bees arrived about a week ago. A few thousand bees arrived in a wire box on the back of a truck. Mr. D and I drove to pick them up. When we arrived, the bee deliverer handed us our bees and checked off our name. We loaded 5 boxes of bees(like the one below)into the back of Mr. D's highlander and drove about an hour to show them their new home.
The bees were very happy to be in their new homes. The process is pretty easy. Open the hive, pull out the queen and put her in the new hive, gentle dump a few thousand bees into the hive and let the growing begin!
The rest of the bee delivery photos, new bee delivery.
The old bee club photos, Mill Springs Bees.
