BlueRidgeBee

Hives are building up on this beautiful Spring Sunday! From day one when I installed my packages I noticed that the two packages had very different personalities. One package was very docile and lethargic, while the other was very aggressive. I have noticed that the aggressive hive was producing more brood that the more docile one. The aggressive hive also stung me once for no reason, I was just standing near them. What I have learned is that bees take on the personality of their queen. 

Successful Package Installations Two new packages installed for the 2019 season. Hope these girls do well. I am new to bee keeping and was planning on starting with just one hive, but was encouraged by veterans of bee keeping to have two so that I can compare. I started by reading some books on bee keeping like "Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees" and "First Lessons in Beekeeping". I then signed up for a bee keeping class at a local bee supply store near my home, "The Carolina Bee Co.". This class gave me valuable information and connected me to other bee enthusiast, as well as giving me a discount on my bee packages. Speaking of bee packages there are two ways to get bees. Either a package   that comes in a box shown below with bees, a can with sugar water for them to eat on the way and a queen in her little box inside the big one. The queen bx contains some workers to aid her her and a cork with a candy stopper at one end. To introduce th...