Installing a Package of Bees

Simple techniques that will make installing bees in your Cathedral Hive® a breeze.

Support the Cathedral Bars until the bees draw out comb on the bars
One of the first things you will notice with your new Cathedral Hive® is when you line up the hexagonal top bars across the hive on the support ledge, they are delicately balanced. This will soon change after the bees begin to draw out comb and 'glue' everything together with propolis making the bars sit firmly in place.