New Home!

Hooray! We finally made it into our new house and things are going great - especially for the bees! We moved them from my mentors place to one side of our yard and I put both hives about 6-8 feet apart facing south west. They are blocked on 3 sides by trees so that helps with any wind issues and they get sunlight (when its out :p) a good 60-80% of the day.

When I first decided to move them I went to try and do it myself which was a pretty big mistake. Luckily I stopped before too much damage was caused and when we came back the next day together we strapped them in good and tight and with the help of my mentor's brother and his truck we tugged them up the hill and transferred them into our SUV. Even with both hives securely strapped and very tightly fit into the backseat I was still pretty nervous - when I tried to move them the previous day I took a few stings on my foot and it swelled up pretty bad.

Its been a few weeks now since they've been home and I added another super full of empty frames for them to build up on and expand. When we were moving them they both seemed a little crowded. Its a little late in the year for them to build up too much but I wanted to give them space if they needed it. I'm anxious to see how they do now that its getting closer to winter, we'll see
in the spring!