Just saw the most incredible thing as I was looking at the frames I could see the head of a bee just popping out of the cell. On my video above you can see it struggling to hatch and after a minute or so it finally emerges into freedom. The surrounding worker bees and drones seem completely oblivious to her birth! Reminds me of my time as a medical student assisting the midwifes with births; although the equivalent process took several hours.
Hive inspection update: the bees are making lots of honey, one super feels almost full and they look like they’re about to start filling the second super on top. There might actually be enough honey to fill the jars I bought.
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| Several super frames seen from above which are full of honey! |
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| You can see the bees have started sealing the honey at the top middle of the super frame. |
If you’ve got any interesting photos or videos please send them and I’ll share them here…
Great stuff. It often amuses me that the poor little bees hatching out get ignored by their sisters and even have their heads walked upon as they try to ease their way out.
Thanks for your comment. Yes it’s funny how they just get on with it and seem to work out what they have to do in life!