
Sarah got this great shot of the queen bee as we found her on the last scrap of plywood from the roof. Bees had been sitting calmly on it and Sarah noticed that. The queen would not walk right into the cage, but wanted to pose for her photo on my glove. She was re-united with her colony by 9 p.m. that night. They will get a super today,very nice bees. This is why daytime removal works best for me and the bees. By nightfall the entire colony unites in one place (the old nest site) ,and with the queen and 90% of the colony there the returning workers come to the cage. Sometimes a second queen is present if a swarm was preparing to leave and she is also drawn to the colony too. Working with the bees in this way guarantees their survival. Ask any member of the HCBA who has gotten bees or queen cells from me in the past, I save and re hive all bees I remove. Gus at Nawara Farm or Joan at Gundermann Farm + Stacy and Garret at Gundermann Acres, would tell you the same, they benefit from the bees kept on the farms they own.
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