Mama Bee and me
Mama bee & Me
Due to my daughter Trinity College graduation, I was not able to conduct my 2nd week hive check on the this past Saturday. I did how every as soon I got got home from a 20 hour drive from Minnesota with 8 people in out van; run out to the hives and make sure that they we okay. Which meant I peeked into the hives and everyone was all ready to go to sleep in the hives.
The next day, I made sure to suit up and check both hives properly. Needless to say that I was really excited to see what progress they had made in a week and a half. Both hives had mostly gone through the sugar syrup I had in the upper shallow, they had draw the comb down really good in both hives, but hive #1 is about a week behind due to the comb I had to remove. Both Queen were seen in the hives. The pattern of brood was nice tight and both eggs and larva were visible. As you can see by the picture below that the top of the frame is capped honey, followed by a band of orange-yellow pollen and below that capped yellow brood or baby bees! We saw several bees doing their "Bee Dance" to share what they had found outside the hive with their sisters. Watching their patterned dances in circles and figure eight was pretty cool. We also notice many "Pollen Jocks" (bees bring in pollen and yes, it from the Bee Movie) which are ALL girl bees bringing in bright orange-yellow pollen. As everything looked super and the hives are on schedule with not visual problems we closed them up and will check them again next weekend.
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