They are bringing in pollen - which is new - meaning that they are storing up food for larvae.
And THAT means my queen bee is laying eggs.....all is going as it should.
Hooray!
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| See the yellow bulges on the side of the bee entering the hive? That's pollen. Mark was brave enough to take this picture - not an easy thing to do, as they buzz in and out remarkably fast! He's getting the bee bug too... |
Pollen can come in a huge number of different colours and shades. If the bees store enough of it, you can end up with honey comb that looks like a mosaic of hexagonal colours! (Blue, black, red, brown, yellow, green, orange....)
I am itching (not with hives) to open up the brood box and see what they are up to, but I have to wait at least until next Wednesday when they will have had two weeks to get established. I'll just have to be satisfied with taking a quick peak in through a hole in the crown board when I change the feed bucket. There was a mass of bees crawling all over the place last time I peaked....and the bees had eaten at least 3lbs of sugar after one week.
The other positive news is that the weather has improved vastly, so the bees are getting out and about a good deal to forage.
Will report further on Wednesday......
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