Boodarai's photos with the keyword: bees

live bee action!

Two days later, and the bees are happily flying in and out and are all over our spring flowers. The box on the ground is the bee transport container. We couldn't get them all to drop out into the hive, but we hung the queen in her little cage between the bars, and put the remainder in front of the hive, close to the entrance. Next day they have all left the cage, bar the dead ones.

After we finally got our log yearned for bees, we brought them back from Garfield (the place, not the cat) and Fred and Nelly helped me to install them in our top bar hive, following clear instrauctions from William ( "The Bunyip Beekeper" ). At last! Someone willing to be helpful and informative about top bar hives! It went pretty smoothly, with just a small hitch with closing the hive, and just one sting to the neck (mine).

After having a top bar hive for 5 years, I have finally found someone able to supply me with a good swarm of bees, in a professional way (ie, not having to meet someone in a car park and follow them to an undisclosed destination somewhere on the Mornington Peninsula, then more trips in the dark with sheets to get bees. But I digress... ) I found William Rogers, alias "The Bunyip Beekeper" , and was able to buy a swarm with queen, safely packaged (for us and the bees) and simple to install. Here, elegant French model La Nelly holds the packaged bees.

We collected our bee-loaded top bar hive from Cape Schanck, with thanks to Norman the Cossack!