There were several frames with a good pattern of brood. However, only about a quarter of the frame was with brood. I conclude that there is a good queen but as of now there has been a bit of a shortage of nurse bees. The queen will not lay more eggs that can be taken care of. When the present brood hatches and the nurse bee population increases, I expect she will lay in larger areas.
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| One frame with an area of a good brood pattern |
The bees had not done anything on the coated drone frame except maybe chewed a little.
I wanted to add bars to Olea's. I saw a piece of comb on the bottom of the box and removed it. In doing so, I had to take out another bar and this one had some cross-combing with honey. I moved it to the back and a minute or two later I heard a the loud, short hum the bees make when jostled. I looked and a big piece of the comb with honey had fallen. It too was retrieved. I put in enough bars to fill the box.
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| Comb laying on bottom of box |
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| The honeycomb that fell |
I took a look into the top box of #1. There may have been some comb drawn but nothing dramatic. There was a small amount of nectar.
The woodpeckers are back snacking on the bees so I put up the pole with flash tape again.
Boy, that comb is so pretty. did you take honey out of it?
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