Major excitement yesterday: I collected the beehives for my company’s bee project.
We will be having two colonies, so we have taken delivery of three hives, plus a few other spares. We have been advised that you need at least one whole spare hive. Bees have a habit of trying to swarm (which if it happens means you lose bees). To try to prevent this you need spare equipment in order to be able to attempt to manage the colony’s desire to swarm.
Here are a few photos of the equipment as delivered. As you can see, it all needs building. I have made a start this evening by building a handful of brood frames, which are the bottom photos. These are larger frames that are in the area of the hive where the queen lays eggs and the brood is reared.
We have a lot more building to do!
I don’t have a date yet for when the actual bees will arrive. Could be a few weeks yet.
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