going rogue.

Mistakes happen. That is a fact of life, and today I thought I had made one. The ladies had made some comb in an odd direction. They had made it into brood combe in a natural way. Now, this would be ok except that it would have made inspecting hard and it was precariously connected to the foundation. So, we took it off.

This is what we took the top off to. It is basically what the bees do naturally, but having it precariously attached to the top of the box is no good. It had to go. :( IT came off on its own.

This is this inside of the box with more of the off comb.

We checked the other frames and they are in process of being pulled and filled. Our Queen is going like gangbusters. I put the pieces in what I like to call the bee box attic and the girls are going to keep the brood good and once they have cleaned and hatched the brood that was in those pieces, I will take them out again. I place the two left over empty frames in so that there is no extra space and they wont feel the need to make free style comb. I also put one of the brood frames in the bottom to get them to start pulling comb in both the boxes. I probably wont open up again until the beginning of June. They need to be left alone for a while Ill put the honey box on top some time in June. They should be well on their legs by than. I'll keep you updated.