Another view of the queen box with the workers hangin' out.
Here is a close up of the queen box.
The queen box is suspended inbetween two of the frames to hold it in place. Mom put a
marshmallow in a hole in the bottom where a cork was. The workers will eat the marshmallow to release the queen. Hmm-I think I have had fantasies like that.
Mom is getting the bees out of the way because she is going to invert the now-open bee box and put it in the hive. The bees should crawl out, release the queen and get to work making wax, collecting pollen, tending the eggs and larvae, keeping the hive spic and span clean, and, oh yes, making honey. The queen will spend her time laying eggs and giving orders.
The hardest part right now for us is to leave the hive closed and undisturbed for the next week while the buzzers settle in. It is now cold and cloudy again, so I don't expect to see many of them out foraging today. We did fill a feeder with sugar water for them to feed on until the nectar starts flowing.
The beginning of a new adventure for us! Yea mom for putting these bees in the box! More in a week or so.
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