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The Bees in our Trees

The Bees Are Here!

3/30/2018

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We received our bees in good shape from Mountain Sweet Honey on Wednesday morning (3/28). It rained almost continuously until Thursday morning. I was finally able to home them around 10 am when the rain finally stopped.  It was about 65 F and the bees were well behaved. Though the sun began warming them up, I didn't need to smoke them to keep them calm. By the end of the day, they were happily buzzing in and out of their new homes.

The first container I opened and homed had maybe 30 - 50 dead bees, but in general, the rest were active and healthy looking. I attribute the dead bees to shipping trauma. The queen and attendants were all active and in good shape. I removed the cork from the queen box so the workers could release her into the nest. This morning (3/30) when I checked the hive, it was still cool enough that the bees were not coming out yet. The majority of the bees were in the lower brood box. All appeared good and all the bees that didn't initially come out of the shipping container had vacated to their new home.

​The second container had about 100+ dead bees in the bottom.  The queen and attendants were in good shape, but a little sluggish compared to the first container.  There was one dead attendant in the queen box.  I'll be checking on them in a few days. When I checked the hive this morning, about 75% of the bees were in the lower brood box and about 25% in the upper.  There are also about 50 live bees still in the shipping container that haven't yet vacated.
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1/12/2019 04:29:19 am

Every small living thing has a purpose in this world, we might see them as pests, but they play a vital role that will make this planet a living place. Let us appreciate the small creatures, and let us take care of them by understanding that whatever
we do in this world has an equivalent reaction so let us be mindful about our actions and a good example here is that there are people who live among the bees and we can see how they love to be around with these bees. I love to go to this place and see it for myself. There will be benefits that will make our home a better place and we must use this as our asset.

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    Author: Jerry Griffin

    I like to keep busy, so "busy bees" are just a natural addition. Amazing little creatures they are. 

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