The honey bees are doing great! In less than a month they have drawn 11 combs, with only minor cross combs, which I've been able to improve. Here I am cutting a piece of cross comb out and improving the alignment of the rest of the comb on the bar. I use an old milk crate to hold the top bars as I work them. See all the capped drone brood, worker brood, and capped honey up top.

The bees tried to fit 2 combs on this bar, I cut off second comb, it's a small piece laying on the bottom of the ... read more

Love the birdy girls. More of my hens are returing to egg laying after the Dark Season and the Big Moult!