So meet our latest project. These came home yesterday, and I will openly admit, I was terrified.
Arnie brought home two boxes like this, and each box contains...wait for it....10,000 bees!!!! Holy crap!!!! That's enough for two hives. Each hive has to have a queen. So here's your lucky day...you get to meet the queen....
So, the bees need to go from the box into the hive. That sounded terrifying to me, but I was told that no, the bees would be calm and only want to stay by their queen. Partially correct, but I was not prepared for how many were flying everywhere, how many were all over my husband, or how many would sting him. (Four...but that's a fluke, according to him!) So here he is dumping the bees into their hive. Yes, the mound on top is a mound of bees (yuck) and no, I was NOT that close to him, I had to crop the picture!
I have to admit though, while they do scare me a little, bees are extremely interesting, so I am looking forward to seeing how all of this works out! With the best of luck, we'll have some great honey by the end of the year! :)
Oh, one more pic...my poor dog was soooo confused by the bees. He kept snapping at them, and chasing them, so we finally had to banish poor Farley to the house! :) He looks so innocent here though...
