The bees I ordered a few months ago have come from here. They are Trigona carbonaria, the most common type around here, & supposedly the easiest to keep. Here is a close up (obviously not my photography). They are very small & also sting-less, so will be great for the kids to have around.

I've set them up in an area that will be a garden bed disguising our HSTP at the new house. They need to face North-East, and need shade by 10am, so this limited where we could actually locate them.

In a massive anti-climax, I let them out at dawn, but none came out before I left for work at 6am. Returning home from work at dusk, they were either all back in, or never came out... they're in there though.

This is another pic I didn't take, that a fellow nature blogger took when they opened their Hive. As you can see nothing like a normal honey bee hive.