Skeet watching the bee dump
The bees came yesterday. Neighbor Mike brought them over; he had picked them up the previous day in Leitchfield, KY. Loading them into the beehive that we built was a pretty simple matter. The queen was lifted out first (she was in a little box within the box) and her little box was put into the hive. Then, the rest of the bees were literally dumped into the hive.
The queen's box has a candy stopper in the entrance and the rest of the bees are supposed to eat the candy to free the queen within a couple of days. We'll see how that works out.
No humans were stung in the operation, but you'll notice that the picture below (taken about 3 seconds after the one above) has no Skeet in it. The poor thing was attacked by four or five angry bees. She seemed normal again after about 15 minutes.
Skeet no longer watching the bee dump
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