new bees for 2013

Two packages arrived with the queen and  2 pounds of bees, they adapted well, Hilary installed them with ease carefully adding queens.  On May 8, I installed a queen and entourage, from a different source in an unpainted hive at a more isolated location.  These new arrivals are more docile, despite pouring rain and cold. They got inside my bee suit and mask, but did not sting, maybe just happy to out of the weather.  The Vue's are planting their usual wonderful garden.  I cleaned and worked around the well head.  The water here is pristine, micro biologically and chemically, we want to keep it that way.

e they were just happy to be out of bad weather where-ever.  So, we now have three hives.