Where to buy a Queen
Last year was the first season my dad and I had with the bee hives. I merely delivered them. But I did buy them in Kentucky and drove them to TN in my trunk. I kept the back seats down so they would stay at a comfortable temperature. You could almost feel their strong, consistent buzz.
There was a dead layer of bees an inch thick in each of the two swarms I bought. I was told that was “normal” by the salesperson. But given the wild location of the bees, in a small clearing at the edge of a forest, wax moths didn’t give them much of a chance for survival. At the end of winter, the hives were empty. They are empty now.
We’re doing it again this year. Hopefully we will get a healthier swarm. If you can buy bees locally, do it. Thousands of bees in a 6″x8″ cage don’t last very long.
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