Boathouse & Barracks
On June 25th, we picked up 2 nucs from Ron at Capital Bees.
Why Ron? He’s part of the Ontario Resistant Honey Bee Selection Program – a program to try to actively breed bees to be resistant to pests and diseases, gentle to work with, and adapted to our local climate. Ron was super helpful and very friendly – highly recommend!
How do you transport nucs? In the back of the car of course. We held the boxes in place with other boxes so they wouldn’t fall over. Mom, if you’re reading this, yes, we drove with several thousand bees in cardboard boxes in the car. Safety first.
After the 2 hour drive, we suited up, and one by one transferred the frames from the nucs into the hives. Then put on the roofs, and got out of there!
The next day, we went back to take a look and found the Boathouse bees look dazed and confused!?! They are milling about the entrance, while the Barracks bees, are out and about, bringing pollen back with militaristic precision.
Or at least we think that’s what’s they’re doing. We were told not to open things back up just yet, so we’re not really sure.
Queenie
Princess C.J.
I’ll have to put my thinking cap on cause there has got to bee better bee names or at least a lot more.
You guys are amazing! So glad the are out of the boxes and into their new homes with nary a glitch. I assume there is a Queen in each box.
By the way, very cool blog.
Yes! You are correct. There is a queen in each box (or should be…)
We are likely going to be looking for names for them as well 🙂
Names?
“Principessa”
Hakuna Matata “ no worries for the rest of your days”
Great suggestions!