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Title: Vertical honey comb sticks
Post by: yes2matt on April 09, 2019, 10:10:00 pm

My friend would say, "look what those stupid bugs did." but I won't say that, I will say,
"well usually they draw comb in kind of a droopy oval shape, but I guess not this time."
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2UlV3ypmp_umxmsY5ZatixDTmd1QwQx0POWxSbdvGk2LiQcILUaRKvOK19aq-gmmbNjuGSfGKwobmNwgiIP0drKPLmjSWoImPkzeztGJnvx1MUzAaisHLIwggkaXL21R3oTmgh_kyZT2QCZAliR0fHoafoE_WTU-6sTy6m9y0ILIUcPlU4_0XgS74oqwuAa7dpCJQI0H3xjJcMn6pDv94j7vqlydVwwCEwtYwu1P9FwJKC_MeTBpIwlb8x93d32g0KzRs-W-mYB1jbB8GesQAtZ0fSVdjKW0z3MttTEJyc8wzb907cJsJGM0QzzxA4u0tg0RcZkwtt9UaQIr_dRLlZE-dcPGLXC2aHCxi5PGNGE1dgbaVHWoCfvG-pAYK-wRJjkf1YCZnOASE196Pv60l-IdoCcpnZn08VsoGsQmyV9t8C1n8AXhsRudGZFepvLCfhFyZG3ScIdH35DFWNYfqZ8YfTQvVOU0tqVnkSSduxYHoPB_aFelst0-7sf6NmNWt0hJpPVe-UGKCsqXueL9lD4UaGZ1iLFc7NgoZTxYUUgZY3U5FVxw4hQUie7Rg6R18CU3Z75zkwaUsw20gaU_AENDIgB3lRDDbvR05Q_Fhlo2CAOkSh16oiLblIAvY1kqUWHQrW1cUywbUYugheecSArNgNwPrvin7R_58zqQ27b4KCAWAsg_Xzg_xKqozvyKUx3Y_mDlX9jlC-zAYbjju2VO=w664-h498-no)

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Title: Re: Vertical honey comb sticks
Post by: CoolBees on April 09, 2019, 10:23:23 pm

Haha! "Houston, we have a management problem in this hive".  :cheesy:

Title: Re: Vertical honey comb sticks
Post by: CoolBees on April 09, 2019, 11:10:49 pm

Version 2: Mom and Dad went out for a romantic evening. When they got home the kids ran up and said, "Look what we made!"

Title: Re: Vertical honey comb sticks
Post by: Michael Bush on April 10, 2019, 09:06:33 am

"You never can tell with bees..."--Winnie the Pooh

Title: Re: Vertical honey comb sticks
Post by: yes2matt on May 20, 2019, 09:51:40 pm

Update: well, they completed their project. It only gets more wonky. But it stays in its frame space.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Syw7gCg9G4s1PhmV9

The last couple pics are from another "colony" --  I pulled an occupied swarm trap during the daytime, and replaced it with a new one. So all the bees out foraging at the time came home to a same-size-same-shape box but no colony. So they drew some wonky comb, laid 2-5 eggs in each cell (including a Q-cell) and were just doing their best for three weeks.