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Caption: The new hive
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Caption: Warm spring days on the bee farm are glorious. The wild flowers are beginning to carpet the fields making it the perfect time to add new hives.
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Caption: The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams. Henry David Thoreau
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Caption: Bees are shipped in bee boxes. Each box is a ready made colony complete with a queen.
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Caption: The hive is prepared and a mixture of old and new combs are ready for the new bees.
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Caption: Before the bees are placed in their new home the queen has to be separated. She's in the middle of the bee box in her own special chamber that keeps her safe.
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Caption: Throne box The Queen
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Caption: The bees are poured into their new new hive.
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Caption: Once the queen is set and the frames are loaded back into the hive, the bees settle in.
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Caption: The hum of the bees changes throughout the move process. The bees actually sound happy when placed into the new hive. They quiet and get to work on their new home.
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Caption: Once all the frames have been set, the lid is placed on top and the bees get to work being "busy".
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