The bees came last Friday afternoon! We picked them up and proceeded to make the rounds, and introduce the bees to their new homes. About a dozen stings and 8 hours later, we had 18 colonies put in. We decided it was reasonably close enough to midnight to facilitate waiting until Saturday to finish.
By Saturday, we had the process fairly streamlined, and it went much faster. We now have 35 colonies running on five different properties, and we'll have a few more before June. So far it seems that all the queens are alive, and all the hives are happy.
I'll try to post some pictures of the adventure later.
-J
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