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Ouch!
Remember a few weeks ago I said that I'd put another brood box on the hive so that the queen had more room to lay eggs. Well they have moved into it alright but they have pretty much filled it all with honey! There is some brood in there but it's mostly honey. I can only just lift it!
It is normal for the bees to have honey in the brood box, in fact they will rely on these stores over the winter, but we would like some honey to! The new super, where they are supposed to put the honey, is coming along nicely but there isn't much honey in there yet.
This is a picture of one of the frames.
Just to prove that it not all honey in the top brood box, this a close up of a frame with brood on it. Can you spot the new arrival in the middle?
They other news is that they weren't happy with me this week. I'm not entirely sure why but they were grumpy. I think it may have been the weather. Actually last week was the first time I got stung, but that was my own silly fault for sticking my head around there without any gear on. This week they were on a mission to get me though. I got stung twice on the ankle and once on the finger, which feels like it's been hit with a hammer. Ahh well, at least I know I'm not allergic!
Oh, and I still haven't found the queen :( I know she's in there because there are eggs and larvae, but I still have never managed to actually spot her. I think she's a little shy ;)
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