Ordering the Bees

Recently I placed an order for two packages of bees, which will arrive around the first week of April.  A "package" of bees includes three pounds of bees, which equates to about 10 to 15 thousand bees, and a mated queen.  The bees will arrive in packing crates and will be transferred into permanent hives in my backyard.

 I chose to order them from a company called Bee Weaver Apiaries out of Austin, TX.  They produce chemical free colonies they call the BeeWeaver Breed and are recommended as being ideal for new beekeepers as they are hardy and are said to be resistant to varroa mites. 

Since I am completely clueless as to which type of bee is best, I am going with the recommendation of a local beekeeper and will form my own opinions as to preference of bee type when I have a little more experience...

“The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.”

 --Henry David Thoreau