Hi folks,
so i opened my hive today to deal with a major problem. My bees had started building comb in a box that I stupidly left inside my tbh (don't ask why).
Anyway, I had some wire ready to go to wire up the comb into the new bars, but I'm a little worried about the bees. This was a captured swarm, and I'm not sure if I have a queen - couldn't spot her. Here is a picture of the comb, and some of it looked fine, but some seemed weird. Does this look normal, or does it look like laying workers, or something else strange? Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
You can see a pic on my latest blog posting at www.myurbanearth.blogspot.com.
thanks,
beebee2
so i opened my hive today to deal with a major problem. My bees had started building comb in a box that I stupidly left inside my tbh (don't ask why).
Anyway, I had some wire ready to go to wire up the comb into the new bars, but I'm a little worried about the bees. This was a captured swarm, and I'm not sure if I have a queen - couldn't spot her. Here is a picture of the comb, and some of it looked fine, but some seemed weird. Does this look normal, or does it look like laying workers, or something else strange? Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
You can see a pic on my latest blog posting at www.myurbanearth.blogspot.com.
thanks,
beebee2