I inspected my bees for the first time today! Once again, I didn't get stung. I had some trouble starting my smoker, but got it going eventually. Then I got suited up( except the gloves), and opened up the hive.

The first and second screens were stuck together with burr comb( comb built off of the foundation) and covered in bees. When we looked at the comb, we saw it was shaped like a heart! See it?
This is me brushing the bees off the comb. The queen was on the third frame, and the others hadn't been built on yet. We are going to wait a week before checking on them again.

Here are me and my sister, Anna, eating some of the burr comb. It tasted good, and was definitely honey! There was also some pollen, but we didn't eat that. I was suprised the bees were already were making honey. I guess that is a good sign.

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