Bees. In. Hive. - The Visual Edition

Wow, reading yesterday's blog is a wall of text! Here's the pictorial version!

This is what a "package" of bees looks like:

Here is Hyacinth the bee.  She stayed pretty much right there the whole drive home:

Here are the two beekeepers, trying to look confident before putting them in the hive:

Here is the smoker Jerry gave me.  Works Great!

Here is the empty hive.  The opening is where I dump the bees in.  The glass jar on the inside is the feeder, full of sugar syrup:

Here's me trying to get the queen cage out.  I have a few seconds to lift the can, slide the queen cage out and then put the can back down.  The picture below is actually a video.  See how fast I did that!?  

Ok, it is just a picture, I couldnt do it that fast.  A few bees got out.

Here is "Magnolia", the queen, in her queen cage.  This is before I replaced the cork with a marshmallow.

Here is me smoking the bees to keep them a little calmer.  The next part is kind of harrowing, so I want them as calm as possible!

Here is me dumping bees into the hive.  They pour out like water!  How many bees do you see flying in the picture?

Here is "most" of them in the hive.  I have an observation window to peek in on them.

Here is my outstanding assistant!  One of the bravest 6 year olds you will meet!

What a day!  You can click on most of the pictures to see all the pictures Stephanie took!  I really appreciate her taking pictures.  They are awesome!