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13 March, 2010
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5 - Arrival of the bees
- Moving into the hive
- We move the bees into the hive we've built and painted and meet the new queen. (duration: 18′18″)
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It's here - the big day when the bees arrive at my place. The hives are painted, we've waxed the plastic frames where the bees will start to build comb (where the queen will lay eggs and the workers will start collecting pollen and making honey).
David Carleton, our bee mentor has been raising the 'nuc', bee jargon for nucleus of a hive, (literally a mini colony) and today I'm up early to collect the bees and then move them into their new home. For most new beekeepers this is how you'd get your first colony going, and a good starting point is your local bee keepers club.
The kids painted the hive. Right, all closed up until next week.
This is a photo of my young queen - note the longer brown abdomen and she's not got any black lines - isn't she cute.
Resources
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Bee Photos
A gallery of images.
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Honey Harvest
A gallery of images.
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Bee Chased
If you have too much time on your hands!
Episodes
- 1 - Meet the beekeeper
- 2 - Hive location
- 3 - Catching a swarm of bees
- 4 - Building the hive
- 5 - Arrival of the bees
- 6 - Merging swarm with hive
- 7 - Hive check-up
- 8 - Pre-Xmas visit
- 9 - Trouble in the Hive
- 10 - New queen on the block
- 11 - Colony Collapse Disorder
- 12 - Toxic Tutu
- 13 - Beehive Check
- 14 - Honey Extraction
- 15 - A Taste of Honey
- 16 - Varroa treatment
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