Sunday, April 17, 2011

Crazy Russians

These crazy Russian bees must be hitting the vodka in the evenings as they have been building up these crazy looking swarm cells. Russian bees will do so, just in case they need them, and then tear them down when they don't. That keeps them ahead of the game.

I have one frame in each of two supers (remember I'm using three mediums instead of two deeps). This is the most complex of the two.

Rotated the boxes as there was nothing going on in the bottom box and they need the space up top.
Interestingly, I didn't notice eggs or larvae but found the queen (marked by the white spot), all lovely and dark as she is. I'm sure the brood is there as all else seems well with the hive.

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