today was a hot and sunny day and we entered the hive a little late in the afternoon. there were too many bees inside and they did not appreciate the interruptions! darry was stung twice as a result and more than once, i had them divebombing me-good thing i was covered with my bee suit and long pants! at today's beekeeper's meeting we asked an experienced beekeeper who is also the man who sold us our bees about some behavioral issues and he told us to add another box of frames-the girls are crowded! boy is he right on the money, just look for yourself:
the outside frames in the top box are full to the brim-no more room to build comb and store honey and pollen. we should have another box of frames tomorrow; we also ordered that while at the meeting today.
just look at all of those bees!
the view from the top down into the next box, crowded as can bee
darry looking at the frames, they were getting agitated and he was stung on the arms, twice
cleaning up the mess. the girls will build comb all over if you let them. darry scraped some off to keep it manageable.
all of the frames in the top box are full and capped, we really need to add more frames!