Today I moved some bees into my new hives!

I had a colony of stingless bees living in my electricity breaker box; needless to say, not the best place for them…

The first thing was to remove the wax surrounding the brood chamber…

I then had to carefully pry all those combs out in out in one piece trying not to damage anything as much as possible.  I then carefully halved the comb (since I made two hives) and put them in their new brood chambers…

The covers were then all sealed up and the hives moved closer to the house for protection and observation.

This was also the first time we tried stingless bee honey.  It was delicious; sweet but more watery than normal honey and with a truly intense floral aroma.  It was like drinking liquid flowers.  We also tried some of the pollen and the only word I can think of to describe it is amazing.

Unlike the bees we are familiar with, the honey and pollen is stored in pots…

Here’s a closer look without my grimy paws in the way…

I’ve spent the whole morning looking at my new friends and they are starting to zoom in and out of their new homes, making it nice and comfy for themselves.

I can’t wait to build more hives!!!

I hope you are having as wonderful a day as I am!!

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