The bees have been busy taking just over a half gallon of syrup a day so have been busy bees! Checked in to ensure the queens were released and it's a good thing I did as the bees were busy building burr comb in the space where a frame is removed to accommodate the queen cage. Since it is after work and getting towards dusk, I placed the removed comb at the entrance of the hive so the bees could walk back in for the night.
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| Catherine Queen |
The Catherine Queen is lovely and dark, but still rather small. She had already made her way out of the hive but I didn't bother looking for eggs just yet. (The light is bad this time of day to see them....)
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| Alexandra Queen |
The Alexandra Queen needed a bit of assistance to get our of her cage and what a difference that makes in the disposition of a hive! The Alexandra hive was so docile I could have been in them with out gloves or veil, even when digging round to extract the burr comb. But the Catherine hive was a bit fiesty! Those bees are ready to defend their home and their queen. I'll leave them to do their thing and check in on them in a few days, hoping to find brood. I'll need to keep feeding them most of the summer until they build up a honey super full to get them through the winter, but they seem to be on their way!
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