The beekeeping crew. Vanessa (photographer); Jenny (beekeeper); Phillip (beekeeper). (August 14, 2010.)
Okay, now what do we do? ( (August 14, 2010.)
Nice close-up of the hive entrance. (August 14, 2010.)
Pulling the top off Hive #1. (August 14, 2010.)
Removing inner cover off Hive #1. (August 14, 2010.)
Honeycomb on top of frames in Hive #1. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Scraping off some honeycomb. http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Removing the first and only emtpy frame from Hive #1. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Bees trying to sing me in the butt. (August 14, 2010.)
Frame half-full of honey from Hive #1. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Check it out! (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
More bees! http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Inspecting a frame. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Look at all those bees. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Spraying the bees with sugar-water instead of smoking them. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Bottom half full of uncapped brood in Hive #1. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Close up of larvae in cells. Looking good! http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Capped brood and honey in Hive #1. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Sliding frames flush against the other side of Hive #1. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
The emtpy frames are foundationless, only on the bottom box in Hive #1. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
We used the bee brush to remove the bees from the edges before we placed the box down, but it only mad them angry. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Placing new box was tricky without squishing bees on the edge of the bottom box. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
The spray bottom came in handy in the jet setting to remove bees in a hurry instead of using the bee brush. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Double decker now. http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Notice that we slide the inner cover back in place to avoid squishing bees. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Done. And only a little bit of sweat on the lens. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
The bees were back in business within 10 minutes, like we weren't even there. (August 14, 2010.) http://mudsongs.org/adding-a-second-brood-chamber/
Bee on the edge. (August 14, 2010.)
Honeycomb scraped off the top of the frames. Too many bees around this time to get them all out first. (August 14, 2010.)
Foundationless brood box frames. http://mudsongs.org/foundationless-frames/
