As promised, these are all 69 photos I snapped while the founder of Glory Bee and his approachable, pleasant assistant demonstrated how to put a small, screened box full of bees (2# package) into where you want them to live.
I just kept pointing and clicking hoping they'd be beneficial as reference later.
It was a beautiful day and sort of hard to see what was actually happening; plus, it went down so fast.
I was glad to have the photos for later, but ended up not needing them as much as I though I would.
It begins with him suiting up (wearing the same type of veil I have, but eshewing gloves and white coveralls: show-off or pro? Maybe both.)
He then gets help with the sugar syrup spray while he pours the bees out into the box.
There's pulling out the Queen's cork and replacing it with the Gummy Bear so quickly you're bound to miss it.
Finally finishing up by leaving the top ajar for the stragglers (later they'll secure it in place and then move the whole thing to their fields.)
If you can find a way to click on them quickly, it should look like a movie!
April 11th, 2014
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