Once I was home with the bees on June 7, hiving them was a fairly simple procedure. I removed five of the frames from the hive to create a space to shake the bees into, I removed the queen cage from the package and using two bent nails suspended it between two frames, and I shook the bees over the queen cage and into the space in the hive. I placed a quart of medicated (fumagillin) syrup (one part water/one part sugar/two tablespoons of Honey Bee Healthy) into the entrance feeder, replaced four of the five removed frames, replaced the inner and outer covers and the bees were in. Fumagillin, by the way, is necessary to prevent nosema in bees. Nosema is protozoan disease which causes bee dysentery. Nasty.
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