Our Alpacas & Bees have arrived!

Here is the daughter, Cricket.  She has some hay in her mouth.

Here is the mother, Cadee running.


 

Our alpacas arrived this past Saturday! Mother & daughter have been busy exploring their new acreage. Our critters that are sharing the pasture with them are our chickens, ducks & goats. They are trying to figure out who these strange Muppet like creatures are. 



Yes, I am not using any safety gear like the suit, hat or gloves. I have always been inspired by the movie,
 Fried Green Tomatoes...Idgie Threadgoode, the Bee charmer...one of my favorite movie characters. :-)

I picked up my NUCS this morning & immediately started installing them into my hive boxes. Thankfully, I did not get stung & had a pleasant experience doing all of this for the first time. I was able to spot the queen in each NUC while placing the frames in. The colonies were very strong. Good brood & capped honey already visible. The honey flow will be coming up next month, where  I will be extracting the honey for our family.

Here you can see the bees. The items on the bottom are the NUC
 boxes that the bees came in. I transferred the frames with bees, brood & honey into the new hive boxes.



Here is a short video of the bees entering their new home.