Stocking Your Hives
The
beginner will usually obtain his bees in one of two
ways. He may order a package of bees or a nucleus
colony.
Package bees are usually sold as a 3 lb. package with a single Queen. These
are shipped in a sturdy box
covered with hardware cloth mesh. The Queen
is suspended in a Queen cage inside the package. The
Queen cage has a store of hard Queen candy and
several attendants to look after the Queen's needs.
In transit, the
bees are being fed by a suspended container of sugar
syrup.
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