My friend Tim, who I used to work for back in the day, just got into the honey-making business by starting a beehive. If you have ever studied bees, you know they are a fascinating creation. Anyways, he bought 10,000 bees and moved them into their new hive.
The bees are calmed down by the sugar water that is squirted into the box. I wonder if my sons would calm down if I squirted them with sugar water...
Tim won't be able to take honey until next year. A hive needs approx 70 pounds of honey to live on through the winter. That's a lot of honey!
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| Nathan and the hive |
So these bees will travel up to three miles away to get pollen to make honey. Crazy.
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| Inside the hive |
The queen bee is inside the small box below. The wooden plug was replaced with a marshmallow which the queen and her attendants will eat through. This gives the hive about 3 days to get used to the queen and accept her as their devoted emperor. She will live two years and then Tim will need to buy another.
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| The queen (she has a big rear) and her attendants |
10,000 bees get moved into their new home. I know what you're thinking and it didn't happen: no one person got stung. Weird. Tim's dad said that if these were African honey bees, you'd want to be a mile away!
In this video, you'll see the small opening to the hive. It starts small so that it is easier for the colony to keep out invading bees until they are strong enough. Later this summer when it gets hot, bees will stand at the entrance to help move air in and out of the hive.
Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste. Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. Proverb 24:13-14
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