Hive Arrival

NEW NEIGHBORS: It occurred to me today that I forgot to share the photos from when our new 'pets' arrived on the scene last Saturday.

We picked our bee 'nuc' up in Burien. People there had fetched it from Eastern Washington that morning. The bees were in a white cardboard box, on a few manufactured honeycombs.

 Carefully, one by one, Christian took them out and transferred them to their new home.

 We didn't stop to count the bees, but it seems like there has to be thousands of them.

In the photo below, Christian has just placed a little capsule with the queen bee in it atop the hive. 

One end of the capsule was covered in candy, which the worker bees would eat off to release the queen. 

 Little did Christian know several bees were perched on his head during this whole process.

Today, when taking recycling out, I was astounded at how loud the bees were. Dozens were flying in and out of the hive, going about their business. 

We hope they're happy in their new home!