Wednesday, May 4, 2011

The Beese are here!


We've become bee keepers! We had always privately thought about bee keeping, the Professor and I. We did not even share this thought with each other for many years. Only recently, after seeing the documentary, "The Queen of the Sun", did we know that we HAD to keep bees- that we always knew we would.
(Please remember- you can click on the photos to enlarge.)

The Little Man and the Professor gaze in amazement at our box of Italian bees (via California).


Inside their traveling cage the intoxicated bees await their new home.



The Professor removes the feeder can and releases the first bee.


Emptying the traveling cage to their new home.


7,000 BEES!


The Queen in her cage.



Attaching the queen.




Taking flight.



Putting on the second Langstroth box.

The Little Man has made a friend for life.


Our furry friend.