SteemHouse Welcomes New Bees! 

We got our shipment in of bees in today! Finally! Now we can stop with all the inefficient, fake hand pollinating. You can't beat mother nature when it comes to anything in nature! 

 There is a saying about busy bees and let me tell you, these bees started faster than any other bees we have ever had.  Usually, when we get a shipment of bees, we set the out in the Steemhouse, and I run thru the steps to get the hive ready. The last step is to open the little slider that allows the bees out of the hive. 

 I usually sit and watch for any bee movement, and in about four or five minutes they will start to emerge. This time, I walked away for less than a minute and bees were lined up to get out of the hive, granted we often get bees during the colder months so that may slow them down a bit. 

 Let's just hope they keep up the enthusiasm and start some round the clock pollination!

 This is the box that holds the hive inside, these bees do not make honey, but they earn their keep just the same.  The hole that you see right in the center of the lid is the entrance and exit holes, the plastic slider moves up and you can set it to where the bees can move in and out freely or just enter the hive and stay there. This comes in handy if you ever want to relocate the hive. If you were to move the hive while the bees are out, they would be lost. You would have a large swarm of bees hovering where the hive used to be. They have a great memory as far as the location of the hive, but no problem-solving skills to find the new location. 

I shot some video of me setting up the hive and it is awful, it's hard to shoot and work the box with only one hand, so please forgive me for the crap quality, but I think it covers most of it.

 And as I said earlier, a little video of the bees ready to get out and work! Hope you enjoy them!

In Other News

 Quick update on the tomatoes, last week I showed you a few new baby tomatoes. this week they have grown a little bit, getting close to golf ball size. So now with the bees in, we should see new tomatoes start to pack on the vines. Hold on tight folks, the fun is just starting!

 

Sorry for the lack of updates, but things are really moving right now, I'll try to get more updates in as we go.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you come back!