In the center of this photograph is one of the hive's drone bees. They are easy to spot because of their massive eyes and body size...also, because they rarely move! They sit, drink their choice beverage and watch T.V. - basically. A few times I have been around the hive when a drone returns from taking his '67 Mustang for a joy-ride and it sounds like a bulldozer coming at you. The drone population (the only males in the hive) are very low in comparison to the worker bees - as evident by the quantity of surrounding this drone.
This is another great photo that captures the viscosity of the propolis. Boy is that strong stuff! This is right before I pulled out some of the top-bars to check the brood pattern. It has been exciting to see all the capped brood through the windows, but I wanted to see what was happening on the interior of the combs
Hey! Really random that I stumbled upon your blog on your Facebook page. How awesome that you are a top-bar beekeeper. I'm working for a magazine called Urban Farm and we have an article about top-bar beekeeping in our fall issue. You should check it out. :) Good luck!
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