I put down some patio blocks and I assembled the frames and foundation for my hives. I positioned them in the back half of my property which is mostly woods. I tried to position them where the neighbors will have trouble seeing them, but there are no leaves on the trees and bushes so if they wanted to they could spot them.
It was cold today and I put the foundation in the frames outside. By the time I finished the first six, the wax was brittle so I had to bring it back inside. I ruined one foundation.
The nucs will come with five frames each so I only needed five frames for each hive. I will pick up the package that I bought in May. I have until then to paint the last hive and assemble ten more frames.
The bee guy arrives with my nucs on Monday.
This is the hive I’ve named Martha:
This one is Ethel:
