Sorry no pictures, but here is the update:
Sunday
2:00 pm: transferred frames from nucleus colony into hive
2:15 pm: checked each frame, found lots of honey, pollen, brood (soon to be new bees), but no queen
2:30 pm: closed up hive
2:30-3:00 pm: sat nervously in my house watching the hive freaking out because I didn't find the queen
3:10 pm: suited up again on a search for the queen
3:15 pm: drumroll please.......found the queen!
3:20 - 10:00 pm: watched the hive, watched the hive, watched the hive
Monday
5:30 am: Ryan leaves house, peek out our bedroom window and watch the hive
7:00 am: Lily wakes up
7:15 am: Mommy and Lily go outside to check on bees
7:20 am: suit up to make sure all is well
7:25 am: bees must have just woken up too....calm, no buzzing, walking slowly around hive entrance
7:30 - present time: watching hive, watching hive, watching hive
Am I a little obsessed? Yup. I'm wondering if type A personalities and beekeeping are a good match :)
9 comments:
LOL It's kind of like birth watch with your first baby...
"Was that a contractions?"
"Oh, was that an ache?"
"Was that a wet spot?"
I love it, I can't wait to see it all in action. Let me know a day and time that works for you and I'll bring the kids for a lesson (if it's before Friday I can add it to our homeschool review for this semester!)
I think I would be doing exactly the same thing! I'm glad it's going so well for you! What do you do with the bees in the winter time?
i LOVE this!!!
It's so intense...even from all the way over here!!
ps. I want a nice picture of the queen. On her new throne.
Oh, and Liz, I can answer that.
The bee's will cluster together and vibrate, creating a comfortable temperature for all of them to survive the winter in (98 degrees), and remain undisturbed.
"What if you disturb them?" --you ask,
"You DON'T." --replies Amy, with wide eyes.
After reading these comments, it sounds like Lisa is a budding beekeeper! Ames, this is amazing - truly...I am in awe of you! What a great adventure. Lily is so lucky to grow up with a mommy like you - and with bees to take care of! She will have lots of cool show-and-tells when she starts school...and just think of career day! Whoopee!!!
Monica! I SHOULD do this! After all, I DO live in the Beehive State..
So when do you get to collect your first batch of honey?
I'm ready for pictures of the bees! How are things going over there?
i need an update on the bees. it's been more than two weeks since i was there (so good to see you guys).
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