The bees are in the hive!

Okay, so it is pretty late so I will keep it short. This was an exciting weekend for the Aumsville Apiary as our two colonies of bees arrived. We got one of Italians, and one of Carniolans. I put up a vid of me putting them into the hives so check it out! Grace got some great footage. All in all I think that it went pretty well, aside from me forgetting a couple steps and having to do some backstepping to correct... but for a first time I think I did alright. I had to improvise at one point when the cork on the queen cage fell into the cage itself. It took some time but I managed to pull the screen off and get the cork, then place the screen back on all without letting the queen out or hurting her! I also had an issue with the top hive feeder spilling sugar syrup all over me, but hey it was all a great learning experience right? It is quite amazing to hear all that buzzing around you and see thousands of bees in one place. I was pretty surprised that I walked away without even one sting! Well, the girls are in and now it is just a waiting game to see if they take-off (make lots of honey) or take-off (leave to find better digs)... we of course are hoping for the first. Goodnight friends. I will keep you posted as next week we will do the first hive inspection...