Days with bees

Hi guys ,

We captured a natural beehive and put it in a wooden beekeeping box. I'm going to explain it to you step by step. It was a very complex and time consuming procedure. Today actually we completed the next part of that project. We brought that beehive box to my place and placed it in a proper location in the garden as follows..

This is it now ..

okey when placing a beehive we have to consider the following factors

1. We have to keep the beehive box as it's door ( the door bees use ) to the south east direction
2. The position should be easily reachable and risk free when harvesting bee honey.
3. It should be a protected place from wind ( A covered place is more suitable )
4. It should get good ventilation
5. Should be protected from heat of sun.

So we considered these factors and selected a place to keep our beehive. Then we have to protect it from ants

For that we made a pond type footer for the column using a small tire and cement. As you can see in the above image it makes a ring of water around the column , so the ants can't reach the beehive. So we completed that part successfully.

okey ,, the whole process is over now .. as you can see now they are ready to work and collect honey. In the above image you can see mouth or the door of the wooden box where bees use to reach the hive inside . And speaking about the box used for the behive.. we normally use the white color paint for this as it reflects sunlight/ white surfaces absorb low energy from sunlight ... so it keeps the beehive cooler. So This is it. We have to wait till December for first bee honey harvest hopefully.