Middle-aged worker bees like to build comb. After their young life of cleaning their room, cleaning the hive, and otherwise keeping the colony neat and tidy, they produce fresh wax underneath their abdomen when they are around 10 to 20 days old. After this period wax production wanes and the worker moves on to food storage, guard duty, air control (fanning), and eventually on to foraging.
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Home is where you hang your comb
I was fortunate to be home when our hive Jupiter swarmed on April 25. I managed to wrestle the bees into a new top bar hive and set them up in my apiary. This weekend was nearly two weeks later, and I was anxious to take a close look to see how they were faring. Continue reading
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