Bees are here!

We decided to get bees nearly 9 months ago which wasn't a good time of year to be starting out with them so it has felt like a long time coming...
Here they are on their special patio below the house.

We have seen them on the valerian outside the kitchen (well we presume it is them as we didn't see honey bees before they arrived)

This one is a bumble bee

We gave the hives to the bee man and he filled them with bees (somehow!). He said we shouldn't look inside for 2 weeks and that looking inside too often is one of the most common beginner mistakes. We are not sure we can wait that long :)
During this time they should be getting in stocks of honey and hopefully when we inspect we will be able to put a super on top which is the part of the hive we will eventually be able to harvest from.