tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904946071865912794.post397727509706942119..comments2023-06-03T10:17:45.199-05:00Comments on This Agrarian Life: bees again - is the third time the charm?Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08909872672886308470noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904946071865912794.post-85667471522059035352010-04-09T08:26:57.927-05:002010-04-09T08:26:57.927-05:00They spent the whole day in a hot UPS truck in Tex...They spent the whole day in a hot UPS truck in Texas in May.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08909872672886308470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904946071865912794.post-57841257916944823722010-04-08T22:23:01.381-05:002010-04-08T22:23:01.381-05:00Congrats, hopefully it will work out well! Did yo...Congrats, hopefully it will work out well! Did you ever figure out what happened to Bees 2.0? I'm amazed that many arrived dead.mySavioReignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16178811899194212585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904946071865912794.post-1090059200607255812010-04-08T17:42:10.732-05:002010-04-08T17:42:10.732-05:00@Spring Lake - When you get a package of bees, the...@Spring Lake - When you get a package of bees, the queen comes in a little box. There is a tiny hole in one end that is typically filled with a sugar plug. The other bees eat the sugar to let her out. This takes some time, which is good because they need to sort of "get to know her" first - if she were released with them right away, they might kill her. The one I got had a little cork in it, with a sugar plug behind that. When I removed the cork, the sugar came out with it (wound up in my corkscrew)so I stuffed a little wad of marshmallow in its place. OF COURSE I only had full sized marshmallows and not minis, so I had to pull off a little bit. Marshmallow insides are very, very sticky.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08909872672886308470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904946071865912794.post-50765647008319733062010-04-08T16:23:09.276-05:002010-04-08T16:23:09.276-05:00Well, here's to Bees 3.0! Cheers! Hopefully y...Well, here's to Bees 3.0! Cheers! Hopefully you'll report in "a couple of days" that there were few bee stings and that they've all settled in. Good luck.Connyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07742442227395727646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904946071865912794.post-83296130182647092082010-04-08T16:20:55.356-05:002010-04-08T16:20:55.356-05:00As I know you will be able to tell from this quest...As I know you will be able to tell from this question, while I would love to eventually have bees (still trying to talk HB into this being his hobby as he eats honey EVERY day!), I know very little about them, so.....what's with the marshmallow comment?Spring Lake Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06099882615130359566noreply@blogger.com