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Understanding Beekeeping!

In this day and age when all of us have been reared to purchase food in a box or can ready to eat, we forget things were not always this way. While mankind has their own set of rules, we have to remember that Mother Nature has her own set of rules that she follows and to break her rules causes much havoc and difficulty in man’s living. In the spring the sun rises earlier and earlier, the temperature turns from winter’s cold to spring’s warmth, which causes plants to bud and flowers to bloom. The plant blooms yield pollen and nectar. The nectar entices all of the pollinating insects to come begin their chores bringing life to the plants and flowers to produce nectar to feed the pollinating insects. All of nature works together in the scheme of creation.

Items to remember when receiving a new batch of bees:

Always follow the general instructions such as brushing sugar syrup on the screen wire until the bees are gorged and they will take no more, install the bees in their hive an hour before dark so they will have all night to reorganize and to get used to their environment. Follow the usual simple rules of checking the queen before you place her between the frames and pour the bees over the top of the frames or either put an empty super over the hive. Leave the package in with the package cover off so they will crawl out and cluster around the queen. Continue feeding your bees a rich sugar syrup mixture being very careful not to spill the syrup. Watch for robbing bees from other colonies that may be in the neighborhood and may interfere with their installation. Good luck, sit back and enjoy watching your bees.