My First Experience with the bees ...

My First Experience with the bees ...

You can watch the video of my first day of bee keeping.


These video shows how to transform a NUC to a beehive.


Please watch how the Queen separator is placed in the video. Should be parallel with the borads.


You can hear my voice as well ;)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4RvRVBN4vA&feature=autoplay&list=PLCB33E87FDF058CF1&playnext=19

Getting the nuc ready for the hive, April 14, 2012 12:44 (and my voice ...)

Capital Bee hive 

 

Setting them free 14 April 2012 (Part 1)

 

 

Setting them free 14 April 2012 (Part 2)

 

Getting some stragglers out of the box... 

 

 

Finally the girls are put in their home

 

 

 

And finally. D'oh! What did I forget to do, Fran? 

 

 

Getting closed up...finally. 

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYSlbJRgLvU&feature=BFa&list=PLCB33E87FDF058CF1

 

 

Capital Bee apiary, one day in their new home 

 

 

Bees are all over this blossom... 

 

The Girls Fanning away ...