Swarm Settled - Packages Installed!!!

[ccwonka]

Ahhhh . . . .   :-D

So my swarm from the other day seems to have settled in, brining in pollen and having drained a quart of syrup thus far.  I think maybe they'll be staying in their new home!!!

Also brought home 2 more 3 lb pacakges with queens tonight, installed them with one little bitty sting, pierced the queen's candy and left them to settle in . . . .

Guess the only thing to do now is sit back, wait, and hope nobody decides to leave their new homes!!!!

With the established hive thriving, this leaves me at 4 hives now, which was always my goal.    (makes one wonder why i still have two bait hives out then, huh?  :roll: :roll:

[RayMarler]

With the established hive thriving, this leaves me at 4 hives now, which was always my goal.    (makes one wonder why i still have two bait hives out then, huh?  rolleyes rolleyes

The reason is universally obvious, you can never have too many hives! :D

[JP]

Sometimes your own bees will swarm out to a bait hive in your own yard, another reason to having extra bait hives in the bee yard.

If you do catch a fifth or six hive, you could also sell those colonies off for extra income.


...JP

[MacfromNS]

Everyone needs a back up plan.

[Brian D. Bray]

Backup plans are called cardboard boxes until the emergency order of supers and frames gets there.   Cardboard boxes are todays fairweather skeps.

[Michael Bush]

>Cardboard boxes are todays fairweather skeps.

Yes they are.