Preparing for our new arrivals ~ Their home and environment

We had attended a bee-keeping course in the February of 2012 and made several visits to our association apiary during the following summer and our thoughts started to turn to having our very own colony. At first we had tried to work out where we might keep the hive but over time our back garden presented the best option. Although we have a fairly small garden we back onto open countryside and as our neighbours are all very keen on the idea this is our plan.

We had these three of our granddaughters for the day and they were keen to have a bee focus day! I had printed lots of bee pictures for them from various websites and then came the building of the hive.

One of two boxes from Thorne's

Three granddaughters keen to help