Well, we installed our first hives today, my husband has five and I have five. It was such a blast! Now, for the foibles. Every piece of bee literature that we have read said that when we get our bees, the queen will be in a separate cage; remove the cork, and there will be hard candy underneath. Well, much to our surprise, there was no candy coating and two of our queens flew away! :shock: We managed to get eight put away all safe and sound. But now what? Do we see if we can get two new queens at the supplier? Just chalk it up to a learning experience? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. ~Potomacjoe