Gene Gatten’s Honey Farm – Part II

 

Part II of Gene Gatten’s Honey Farm

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Check out these girls, busy at work tending to the brood.
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Gene is trimming of the burr comb on this frame.

 

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Do you see the queen?  The queen has a blue dot on her back.

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Amazing hives!
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This frame is full of nectar!!!!  So pretty!!!GHBees_0357 GHBees_0337

These girls have been so busy!  GHBees_0299 GHBees_0291

The covered cells that are higher then the comb, drone cells.
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This frame is full of capped honey.GHBees_0219 GHBees_0216 GHBees_0203 GHBees_0190

Queen cell – removing from the frame.GHBees_0143 GHBees_0170 GHBees_0174

Can you spy the queen from this hive?  This queen has a white dot.  She is amazing!




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Check out Part I of Gene Gattens Honey Farm here.












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