Day 6 with my bees. I did a hive inspection today as it's nice and warm and tomorrow it's supposed to be cool. I have absolutely no idea what I'm looking at, but I did see the queen (thanks to my 8 year old son - he spotted her before I did) and saw eggs in the cells. My 8 year old took the pictures, he likes to zoom in!
Saw eggs (look like mini rice?) in the dark yellow section here. I assume the light yellow is capped larva?
This section concerned me as it looked very different from the rest. What is the capped light/black area? Is that honey?
A good inspection, I would have like to peek some more, but I didn't want to disturb them. (plus, those frames are getting heavy!)
Also, the gloves aren't working for me, I can't grip the frames. I'm not brave enough to go with bare hands, anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking of trying the rubber dish washing gloves - they won't harm the bees, right?
Saw eggs (look like mini rice?) in the dark yellow section here. I assume the light yellow is capped larva?
This section concerned me as it looked very different from the rest. What is the capped light/black area? Is that honey?
A good inspection, I would have like to peek some more, but I didn't want to disturb them. (plus, those frames are getting heavy!)
Also, the gloves aren't working for me, I can't grip the frames. I'm not brave enough to go with bare hands, anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking of trying the rubber dish washing gloves - they won't harm the bees, right?
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