Brood Above the Queen Excluder

The OV hive queen didn't waste anytime sneaking through the queen excluder and into the honey super as evidenced by this photo taken last week.

Today those cells are empty, cleaned and starting to be used for honey.

The hive was sure feisty today and I wasn't planning to do a complete inspection but did manage to get stung in the kneecap.

Note to self: Don't work in the box you set on the ground. The guard bees are much closer to your knees at that point. :-)