Dalyn
Milk 'n Honey Ranch
Central, WA
USA
865 Posts
Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 06:28:02 AM
We got two new hives and bought two packages of Carnolian honey bees to fill them. You can see pictures and read about my adventures and misadventures on my blog. The bees are beautiful and amazing, and a little like a flock of chickens in that they are cheap therapy, you could watch them for hours. (my husband would argue the cheap part, start-up costs for anything these days is quite a bit)
Congratulations on your new bee adventure Dalyn!! Our surviving hive is also the Carnolian bees. They are pretty golden colored bees...and very docile. I think our Minn hygenic bees were a little more testy than the Carnolians. They seem to be pretty laid back.
Paula
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I installed hive number 2 over the weekend. Now it has turned cold. Hoping for a nicer day to get the queen cage out this afternoon. I have Italian. My old hive is 3 years old now. Had a Mn. Hygenic queen in there. They have done well. good luck Michele
2 new hives
Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 06:28:02 AM
