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Sunday, May 22, 2011

May 8, 2011 & May 10, 2011


May 10,

Had our first bee visitors today. Mom, Laurie, Landri along with our neighbor Diann and her granddaugher Sarah stopped over to checkout the bees.





May 8,

Today we installed our bee package that we purchased from Bjorn Apiaries. These bees are Russian Hybrids that originated from Hardeman's Apiaries in Georgia. I used a top feeder on the hive filled with a sugar syrup made with 5lb of sugar and 2 1/2 quarts of water. I also installed an entrance reducer set to it's smallest opening. This will give the bees a smaller area to defend until the colony expands. Filming was done by my brave wife, Sue. No one was stung in this process!

Here's a video of the install:




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