Agriculture Reference
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Installing a new package of bees is best done after the weather warms up, but as early in the spring as
possible to give them time to build the colony strong enough for winter. Just pour the bees into the hive
and they will settle into the frames there. A captured swarm would install the same way.
(Photo courtesy of Meg Allison Zaletel)
Bee eggs and larvae growing in the hive. This is a good sign that the queen is alive and laying.
(Photo courtesy of Emma Jane Hogbin)
