My new bee colony is all packed and ready for collection, transferred the bees into the buyers transit box, they didn't appreciate it, there were bees everywhere, one managed to sting me through my gloves! But now they are all settled down.
I'm a bit worried about his transit box, the lid is very loose, can imagine it coming adrift in his car as he drives home, will need to tape it up pretty securely.
Bees will be collected early Saturday morning, so late Friday night I will close up the entrance to the hive, hopefully all the bees will be tucked up in bed, so in morning there won't be any flying bees that get left behind.
It all looks a bit messy, the box has a completely ventilated roof, so have had to cover it from the rain but still let it ventilate.
So this Saturday will be my first income from the bees, I never expected a year ago that I would be splitting a colony and creating a new queen, it all sounded far too complicated.
This bee keeping thing can be very rewarding, I'm not talking about the cash side! :-)
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