We also drove to Pigeon Mountain Trading Company to get gloves and bee suits. We decided on pullover jackets with a fencing hood. Rachel's sister suggested the fencing hood due to the tendency for the veiled hood to collapse. We giggled a lot during this shopping trip.
When we got home, we constructed the frames. Each hive box or body consists of 8 frames that are hung from the top of the box. The entire structure has 3 hive boxes. The frames have a beeswax foundation where the bees will start to make honeycomb. Rachel and I placed each beeswax foundation into the wooden frame and secured it.
Our next step will be painting our hives.
I am so excited for you guys! What are you plan for your hives?
ReplyDeleteWe will get bees in March and then our hives will stay at a bee yard while we learn to keep them. They will come home to our houses in September.
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