Whewwwww I did it!  I did it!  I did it!  I finally got my Bees!  I rolled out of bed at 4:45, infused some coffee and out the door to south Georgia to pick up my Bee hives.  Bees come in boxes.  In the box come a queen and some attendants.  The queen is in a tiny cage about the size of a large matchbox.  The tiny box is in the package of bees.

The bees can smell her and start transferring her sent all over the entire package. On one side is a cork and the other is a hole filled with CANDY. Yep, candy.  Once you hive the bees they eat through the candy and release the queen.  During that time they get used to her and they become a real hive!  The catch is getting the queen box out of the box of zillion bees and then hanging her in the hive AND then DUMPING POUNDS of bees into their new home....as quickly as possible.  The other problem I encountered was that in my excitement to have bees I ordered 3!!  I had to do it 3 times!  While I was at the bee farm I went ahead and picked up a hive that was already "hived".   So as of today I have 4 hives. 
I arrived home and unloaded all the bees and hives.   I had yet to even take my bee suit out of its plastic wrap.  I placed all my tools and the hives where they needed to be.  I put the new bees in the shade and proceeded to "suit up".  I started getting a little worried after feeling how much these bees weighed.  A single box was FILLED with bees.  My hands started shaking, I barely could get my hat net thing on.  I had to zip it on my suit.  My gloves felt like I was wearing gloves that could belong to the Michelin tire man.    I got my spray bottle filled with sugar syrup.  This syrup is what keeps them from flying up at you.  I pried off the piece of wood and bees started coming faster then expected.  I threw the gloves off and went bare handed.  BEES were FARKIN everywhere!  As I hived number 2 and 3 I got better at getting them wet with syrup.  As I proceeded the air was filled with bees.  Local bees started showing up!  It looked like something out of a old time cartoon.  Bees everywhere!  The good news is that I did not get stung once!  I did have an epi pen standing by in case.  My sister and Dad are both allergic to bees.  My bee allergy status is unknown at this point.    Here are some pics of the Bee Farm L and H and my new hives.  I am a happy bee Mom.     









MY HIVES!!!!!


Note that the hive on the far right is very Mad!!  I let them out and they quickly covered the hive.