As of April 30, Daniel officially became a bee-keeper. He has one hive and here are photos from this past Tuesday, May 17th, when he had to fill their feeder with sugar water. He'll do that until they are stable enough to get all their own food. The bee box is kept in our chicken pen. The hens and the bees seem to get along well enough. Bees are so fascinating and Daniel enjoys learning about them and passing his knowledge on to the kids and me...and whoever else is interested. I noticed our friends in Houston have started on the same adventure about the same time we did; they have some great videos here.
Here's the box. I'm not sure why there's a can up there and Daniel is not around to ask...I think it was the feeder can that was in the box they arrived in. He had to put little plastic containers of water on the bottoms of the legs up to the feeder since the ants also like sugar water.
Daniel is taking out a frame to show us the bees at work.
He has gotten to where he only wears his mask...not the suit or gloves. He hasn't gotten stung, but doesn't want to take the chance of a bee sting on the nose.
He's pointing to the queen bee which he found by "wiping" the bees away...pretty brave...I guess he knows what he's doing. He does "smoke" them, which makes them think their hive is in danger of burning so that they run to the honey and drink to have energy to go find a new home.
Here's the box. I'm not sure why there's a can up there and Daniel is not around to ask...I think it was the feeder can that was in the box they arrived in. He had to put little plastic containers of water on the bottoms of the legs up to the feeder since the ants also like sugar water.
Daniel is taking out a frame to show us the bees at work.
He has gotten to where he only wears his mask...not the suit or gloves. He hasn't gotten stung, but doesn't want to take the chance of a bee sting on the nose.
He's pointing to the queen bee which he found by "wiping" the bees away...pretty brave...I guess he knows what he's doing. He does "smoke" them, which makes them think their hive is in danger of burning so that they run to the honey and drink to have energy to go find a new home.
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