I have a name for my Australian Queen! She has been christened Queen Olivia. Just in case you think she is named after our dog, Olive you would be wrong. I opened her up for the first time this afternoon and actually managed to find the queen. Here she is with her retinue.
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| Queen Olivia...can't miss her right in the middle! |
It was very exciting to find her but it was very easy since there are not that many bees in this hive yet. In this next picture you will see that I have become braver in the bee yard as I have no gloves on!
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| Look! Bare hands! |
I opened up Queen Mab as well and found that the bees had been building a lot, but all in the second box, I decided to switch the boxes to get them to fill in the other one. Perhaps the top opening I have has made them like being upstairs better than downstairs.
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| New comb being built |
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| Drone brood and capped honey |
My next posting will be about the wonderful Queen Rearing Workshop I attended on the weekend but it will be fairly dense and educational, so I thought I'd just give you a few pictures of the two hives to let you know things are going well in the bee yard.
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