Katie and I inspected our Ambrose hive this weekend and were very happy to see that our bees had drawn 7 more frames of beeswax comb in the new super we put on last week, and they were filling all the cells with nectar to make into honey!

We have to wait for them to dehumidify the nectar from 80% water, 20% sugar to about 20% water, 80% sugar, then they will “cap” the cells with wax, indicating that the honey is ready.  Isn’t it nice of our bees to tell us when the honey is ready for us to take? 

Of course, we are leaving an entire super of 8 full frames for their consumption over the winter, plus whatever else they store in their brood supers, so they should have plenty, too.

I took a short video of our bee hive entrance so you can see the activity.  Our bees didn’t try to sting us at all, once again; they are the most docile bees imaginable!