On Sunday, we picked up 2 more "nucs" of bees.
A nuc is a bee package, with frames in a cardboard box
where the bees have been living for several weeks.
Upon opening the box,
we see that the bees have been building comb
and working at establishing the hive.
The small block between 2 frames is the queen cage.
The workers have freed her from the cage at this point.
The empty cage.
It was plugged with a sugar plug which the
bees chew through to get to the queen.
Pulling out the frames,
we see that lots of brood being cared for.
That's a good sign the queen is healthy and producing.
The queen is marked with a yellow dot
so we've been able to spot her.
You can also see small white eggs in
a few of the cells in the upper right of the photo.
The frames are being filled in nicely.
This end frame looks a little abnormal in its pattern.
Being newbies, we aren't quite sure if this is
something we should be concerned about,
so we are checking with our mentors.
I'm hoping its just a result of being against the side of the box.
We are officially beekeepers!
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