4 Nuc Pick-Up and Install

[Durandal]

Picked 'em up late Thursday and took me forever to get back to the farm.
http://gallery.mac.com/thesw0rdofroland/100046/IMG_4467/web.jpg

Installed between 12 AM and 1:30AM...
http://gallery.mac.com/thesw0rdofroland/100046/IMG_4471/web.jpg

Worked by headlight...got stung a couple times
http://gallery.mac.com/thesw0rdofroland/100046/IMG_4470/web.jpg

All in all I think it went quite well...

http://gallery.mac.com/thesw0rdofroland/100046/IMG_4469/web.jpg

[Durandal]

Later that same day they were hammering away.

http://gallery.mac.com/thesw0rdofroland/100046/IMG_4484/web.jpg

http://gallery.mac.com/thesw0rdofroland/100046/IMG_4495/web.jpg

We are in full flow right now. I love the sound while I eat lunch under my apple trees.

Some 10 minute videos of the bees simply doing what bees do...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEE4c5QSZ74

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfdE2Fmfrfk

[LtlWilli]

VERY nice setup you have there!!!...Neat and orderly looking as a guy could ever want, and I really like the designs on the bottoms...That's a capital idea. You have done yourself proud---I am IMPRESSED! :)

[Chef Isaac]

i love the designs too.... want to come over and do mine? :) Only if I had the time.....

did you have a lot of bees crawling all over you?

[Durandal]

Crawling on me? At night? THey flew a bit in the head lights as I untaped and opened the boxes.

After each install I would turn off the headlights and wait a bit, let the one colony get settled in and the start again. The only bees I would have then, from each hive would be a few stragglers.

It seemed to work fine and forced me into a calm pace rather than rushing to get it done so I could go to bed.

No bees in the cab on the drive back from pick-up if that was what you meant.

[Aisha]

I just love your landing board designs! They look like basic patterns that the bees would recognize easily too.

Here is my most recent one: a fleur du lis (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wellspring-hypnosis/2414635927/) I did with a stencil, a marker and a Sharpie.

I put more effort into my first one, which was a stamp and paint (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wellspring-hypnosis/821031248/sizes/m/in/set-72157600837638772/).

I look forward to more photos from your hives.