Monday, June 27, 2011

Queen Bee?

I rushed home today after I checked the tracking # on the Queen (who was supposed to arrive on Thursday) and noticed that she had been delivered just 25 minutes before I checked.

The UPS box had holes all over it. I carefully opened the package and BAM, Ms. Queenie was alive! I put on my gear, got a string and a tack, and went in to see the scenario in the hive.

Well...my new hobby may be over as quickly as I started it. When I opened the hive not very many bees were inside and only a few were flying about. I pray that they were just out on their pollen runs, but with what has been going on in the hive lately and lack of Queen - my bet is the rest jumped ship.

The bees that were around did notice the new Queen and her scent though, because they followed the box as I placed her in the hive. I will leave the hive alone for a few days, hoping that they take to her scent, and then I will release the Queen and see if the bees survive this catastrophe. It has been traumatic on me...but super traumatic on my bees. If the hive survives it will be a miracle!

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