Friday, May 14, 2010

My First Bees

I went to Dadant in Paris, TX and got my first colony of honey bees. The people there were really nice and helpful. I purchased a nuke of bees. That's basically a young colony in a hive about half the size of a normal hive. You have to transfer the bees and frames from the nuke to their permanent residence. The guy said he would let me transfer my bees, but I said I would like to document the occasion so I let him do it. The quality of the video isn't that great, but I'm working on it. I have a bandwidth limit every month so I have to be careful. Enjoy!