Learning the Art of Keeping Bees -- Video One

This is the first step to install a bee package in your new hive. There are two videos in this post, each will show half of the process.

In this first video, I pull the queen out of the bee package and then remove the cork and replace it with a candy plug (a marshmallow). Then I install the queen cage in the hive box.

Next up--the drop! (That's what I call it when I dump the 4,000 worker bees in on top of the queen.)

Here is my beekeeping book on Amazon: The Beekeeper's Guide: Fun and Simple Steps to Apiary Success and Self Sufficiency

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**All pictures and video come from my phone--

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