5/18/09
Bees finally arrive, sugared them and waited an hour or so and re sugared them and then pulled queen cage. (all new to me having never done this before) My son and I placed the queen cage and then dumped some bees in the hive around the cage and closed it up. Placed the rest of the bees at the front entrance.
5/19/09
Son called bees are back in the box and he spotted queen there as well. I came home and we re did sequence of events from the day before only this time i shook all the bees out of the box into the super and really pissed them off (no stings)
5/20
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5/21
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5/28
we opened upper super and checked the feeder and refilled it, also took a look inside (couldn't resist)
They are drawing comb and it all looks good
6.8.9
opened second super and was excited to see hundreds of brood larvae everywhere! So excited queen is doing her thing! Should be new bees in just a week or so and then honey flow starts!
Colony temperament still seems to be incredibly docile upon opening hive bees were not concerned with us in the least bit, it truly is amazing took a lot of photos inside hive as well and also noticed a queen cup located mid of a frame.
6.11.09
checked brood cells all looked good brood, wrapped with bread wrapped with honey cells in the corners, all is looking good, big storm en route so not much time in the hive, also took out the feeding jar as they are bringing in enough nectar and pollen to feed themselves.