I was checking on my hive since i thought it needed a new box. i have only had the bees for 3 weeks but they are growing so fast. So i figured i would check to see if my queen was laying. i found a ton of eggs so i started putting everything back together and was going to close it up. It was then that i noticed a very large bee scurrying around on my veil. I thought surely this cant be the queen but this bee was soo big. I yelled to my husband to come help me get her since she had crawled to the top of my head. It took him a few minutes so i just stood as still as i could. She must have flown off my head at some point because i saw a cluster of bees on the lid and sure enough there she was. I ran inside and got a paint marker and marked her as well as i could and held her in a colander to dry. I am still so stressed out about it all. i guess this is why you shouldn't check your hives that often. I really hope i didnt injure her. Thanks for reading!!!
I attached a picture of her with my diy paint job.
I attached a picture of her with my diy paint job.
