For Big Sky Beekeepers

Information and resources for fellow beekeepers in the Northern Rockies.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Installing Packaged Bees

A guide to installing packaged honey bees into your hive can be found by clicking here.
The photo is of a queen cage. The cork at the bottom is removed and a plug of crystallized honey is placed in the hole. The worker bees will release to queen into the hive when they eat the honey plug.

2 comments:

  1. Wow, thank you for starting this blog. I can see it's going to be very helpful as I work my way towards managing my first hive in May!

    Megan R.

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  2. You are very welcome. Please send questions or ideas for posts.

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