Hungry!

In just one week, these bees have consumed two quarts of syrup and a whole pound of pollen patty.

The hot sun has them all spread out everywhere in the hive. They are in the super, both brood boxes, and the slatted rack.

We added more syrup, more pollen patty, and we got the excluder installed above the brood boxes.

The honey comb had been over built in one frame. A few days ago, we had to trim some back because it had interfered with the next frame. Today we were amazed to see the removed comb was already rebuilt. In fact, they had built out the apposing frame they way it is supposed to be.

They are making honey and wax everywhere they can now. There are fresh eggs in every available cell. They are building in the bottom brood box and the top super. Doris did not even slow down when I blew smoke into the hive and pulled her out into the light. She kept laying eggs and allowed me to witness it. Here, we even got a picture of the birth of a new bee.

See her tiny face poking out of the cell? Its hard to believe they fit inside those little cells. Mite free, virus free, this is one very happy, and hungry, colony.

 

 

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