Bee Day

At last the day arrived (22nd June- I know ,very slack keeping up with the news!) after a seesion with Hilary at her apairy in Derbyshire I went to collect my bees. Birgit the queen and her attendants were brought home in their little box and placed where their hive would be - the little door opened and we stood and watched....
Bearing in mind that it was about 11 o'clock at night and any self respecting bee would be in bed, hardly surprising -nothing happened!
So next morning before work out we went and- bees milling around orienting themselves; very exciting!

So later that same day.......home from work and bee suits donned we transferred our precious bees from their box into the brand new hive, gave them a feed and left them to settle down. Birgit was easy to see with a bright blue spot on her back, lots of capped brood and stores to keep her going.
So over the past week we have spent lots of fascinating time watching what has been happening- finally the suspense got too much and we had to have a look!
Birgit was there- lots more new eggs, which meant she had been laying while she has been here, stores and capped bood all seemed as it should bee!
Today there seemed lots more bees foraging and various colours of pollen going in to be stored- think there will have to be a check this weekend to see whats going on inside; so will update soon!