New Bees Once Again
On April 27, 2020, we cleaned up the double-walled Long Langstroth and gave it a fresh coat of paint on the box and its metal roof. I picked up a nuc from Mary Bouma late that afternoon, but it was raining pretty steadily by the time I got home. I left the bees in their nuc until morning, which dawned nice and sunny. I placed them in their new home and they oriented to their hive, then took off to explore all the delicious forage nearby. They soon had found my weeping cher
