This last weekend was the big weekend, I opened the hive and looked around. The bees seemed to be doing well and building out the new frames. I decided even though they had not built out all of the new frames that I would add another box on top of the hive, with 10 more frames.
This was very fun, I didn't feel any pressure this time and was able to relax and enjoy working with them. I did get a video of it but the sounds wasn't working well and so it is boring to watch (even for me and I was there). I am going to get some of the pictures off of it and I will post them here.
One thing that has happened that has been fun is that Mary Lou and I have become bee watchers. It surprised me how relaxing, yes I said relaxing, it is to sit and watch the bees going in and out of the hive. Sometimes we just sit there watching the bees and talking about the day. It is like sitting by the campfire and watching it burn, kind of hypnotizing.
The plan now is to leave the hive alone for about a month, except to fee them, and let them build things up. Then hopefully it will warm up here and I will be able to put the queen excluder (a grate that keeps the queen bee from getting to the upper boxes) on and then start putting on boxes that they will put MY HONEY in. If all goes well I will be harvesting honey in August or September.
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