We purchased bees this spring from Rainy Day Bees in Shoreline. Peter and Amy Beth are passionate about their bees and we were thrilled to meet up with them.
We hived two packages of bees Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning it appeared that they were both settling into their new homes with bees Nasanoving on both hives and taking orientation flights; but, by the end of the day, one of the hives was empty. What? Dang! Absconded.
Though we hope a neighbor will alert us to a swarm, we will be picking up a nucleus hive (5 frames of bees, brood, and a laying queen) in early May to fill our abandoned hive.
The bees are gentle Golden West Italians and so far they are loving the rosemary and bringing in loads of white pollen. We are augmenting their efforts with sugar and pollen patties as well.
We hived two packages of bees Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning it appeared that they were both settling into their new homes with bees Nasanoving on both hives and taking orientation flights; but, by the end of the day, one of the hives was empty. What? Dang! Absconded.
Though we hope a neighbor will alert us to a swarm, we will be picking up a nucleus hive (5 frames of bees, brood, and a laying queen) in early May to fill our abandoned hive.
The bees are gentle Golden West Italians and so far they are loving the rosemary and bringing in loads of white pollen. We are augmenting their efforts with sugar and pollen patties as well.
Looking forward to this! Cut-comb honey from a previous year...Cheers!
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