My special friends Sara, Leah, Alex and Macallan came by today. As you can see, we had a blast learning about the bees! They met a drone, watched a bee as it emerged, saw the queen and had a taste of honey fresh off the frame.
I've not inspected the Sasha hive for 2 1/2 weeks, letting the new queen settle in and matures in her laying so was very happy with the first frame I pulled from the middle box. Look at the wonderful brood pattern! Other frames had less covered brood but there were lots of eggs in the cells. I did not inspect the bottom box and the frames of the top box still have yet to be drawn into comb. The bees are feeding well from the top feeder, taking nearly a gallon of sugar syrup every 2 days. Overall, I'm really happy with the new queen.Have not been in the OV hive since we harvested the honey over the 4th of July weekend. It is well glued together with propolis, sticky from our warm weather as I pulled a frame of honey for the kids. They're doing well and I'll do a full inspection when the weather turns cooler.
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Yummm! That honey was good! We loved our bee lesson and everyone had a new bee fact to talk about when we got home. I am looking forward to lesson #2! thanks Deanna and Art!
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