2022-07-03 Bee Log

Table 1. Hive Body 1 - Frame Observations
Frame	Side	Contents	%age Filled	Observations
1	A	Empty
1	B	Empty
2	A	Empty
2	B	Empty
3	A	Empty
3	B	Honey	33%	Free-form comb not drawn on foundation. Honey in center cells.
4	A	Empty
4	B	Empty
5	A	Brood	65%	Some capped cells seen.
5	B	Brood	65%	Some capped cells seen.
6	A	Empty
6	B	Brood?	50%	Free-form comb not drawn on foundation.
7	A	Empty
7	B	Empty
8	A	Empty
8	B	Empty
9	A	Empty
9	B	Empty

Notes: I believe the bees are drawing free-form comb, instead of using the plastic foundation due to the lack of wax on the foundation. I probably should have thought of that but I didn’t. I removed the foundation from frames 3 and 6 so the bees could more easily work on their comb from both sides. The bees seemed nervous after the inspection, and this may have been due to the removal of the foundations. Hopefully they won’t mind too much. I want to get some wax on the foundations that they haven’t built on, yet,