We Are The Bees' Knees

Don't know where that expression came from (note to self-look it up)but it feels right. The bees arrived last Saturday in somewhat wet and muggy weather. More precisely my package of three pounds of bees arrived in South Salem along with about 500 other packages of bees and we drove over to pick them up.They sounded really pissed to have been in that small box for a few days. They were confused and thirsty so prior to putting them in their new home, we sprayed them with sugar water which calmed them down. Rodney came over to help, thank god because opening up the queen's box and prying off the cover was a challenge since it was covered in bees and it is hard to grab onto the little box and not squish the bees. Then the big box went in and we put on the top and walked away. They have been drinking their sugar tea and they have located the honeysuckle bush which is in full bloom so I think they like their new home. And no wonder because the air is full of the perfumes of May- honeysuckle, viburnum and dogwood float like the dogwood blossoms upon the air.