Friday, May 11, 2018

Baby Bees

Apologies, I again forgot my camera for pictures. But amazing things are going on! I checked the hive on 4/29 and in addition to finding the queen, saw that the bees were working on 6 of the 10 frames in their hive box, filling them with nectar that will become honey, as well as lots of brood - eggs that grow to become larva and then get capped over to grow into baby bees! All things are going exactly as they should. I will probably be adding their second hive body in the next few weeks. These two boxes will become their permanent home, and anything additional  (like when they eventually begin to make extra honey) will temporarily be added on top.

How baby bees come to be! 
https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-life-cycle-of-a-baby-bee/

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