Checkin' on the Bees

This weekend, we had some good friends come into town. In addition to good conversation and good coffee, we had a good time checking on the bees. Here are a few pics of what we found when we checked on them.

Another busy day at the bee hive.

They have made some progress with honey in the past few weeks. The rain we had last weekend likely provided a little bit of nectar for them.

Here's the other side of that frame. Not much, but it's a start.

Here's a close-up of the capped honey.

Here's a look as we're putting it back in. The bees were calm today!

Here's a frame without full foundation... They essentially need to make all the comb from scratch instead of using the template we provide. Notice that there a little starter strip at the top, but rest of the comb is all them.

Here's a vew of the honey super (behind) and the top brood hive body (foreground). Notice the honey in the two frames that are closest to the camera. :)