The bees have required sugar water all year. This is their first year as a hive, so they've spent all summer filling in the frames (making cells to fill with brood, honey and pollen). The wet, cold Spring/into Summer slowed them down as well as they stayed inside a lot to avoid the bad weather. Now they are feverishly working to store both pollen and honey. You can see the pollen on the bees back legs (in their pollen sacks), as they head back inside to store it away for winter food.
We removed the lid to check the hive.
The lid stands to the side while I inspect the frames to see what progress is being made inside the hive.
The bees are definitely beginning to store honey. YOu can see the center cells are full of honey and "capped" with a waxy top. Their are cells on the outer edges of the "capped" cells that are being filled with honey---and then the cells further out have nothing in them. More work to be done!
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