Earlier this year when I lost my last hive I placed an order for 2 packages of bees with R Waever Apiaries. They finally arrived last Saturday and wouldn’t you know it, it was raining cats and dogs. So they got to sit on my kitchen counter until I could get them into the hives late Sunday. I kept a bottle of sugar water close and gave them a few shots of sugar every time I passed by.

Most orders are placed well in advance so R Weaver was one of the few Apiaries that was still taking orders when I needed more bees. They have 2 varieties, “All American” and “Buckfast.” Not knowing allot about either I bought one of each. All of this was before I caught 2 swarms of course So I was scrambling to get 2 more hives ready. Better to have 4 hives than none and that is what I probably would have ended up with had I not bought the 2 packages. You are never guaranteed to catch a swarm.