My coworker and fellow beek, Oz, came over to lend a hand, as neither of us had installed a package before.
It's a very straightforward, well-documented process, but neither of us was prepared for the number of bees that took flight. I quickly went from t-shirt and veil to "full monty" suit - getting tagged 3 times before I got changed. You can see all the airborne girls in these two shots.
Once suited up, everything went smoothly. Both queens were alive and well. I installed one and Oz took the second. We were done in less than an hour.
After a cold beer and dinner, I went back out to check on things and found everyone had gone inside for the night.
