laurence edwardsOwner at Black Mountain Honey

Frame of Honey Bees - Brood Frame of Bees - Bee Brood Frame #SHORTS

8 Jul 2021 · 1 min

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In this short video, beekeeping expert Laurence Edwards examines a brood frame from his hive. He notes the frame’s excellent condition, with only about 20 missed cells across the whole frame, and a distinct ring of nectar stores around the edge. Edwards highlights the queen’s vigorous egg‑laying activity, the presence of many supers on the colony, and the current forage landscape—Himalayan balsam has finished blooming, bramble is now in flower, and lime is about to flower. He concludes by expressing hope that favorable weather will sustain the colony’s strong spring production.

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What a beautiful frame of brood here. Very little in the way of missed cells, probably only 20 across the whole of that frame there. Nice little ring of stores of nectar around the edge as well, but the queen here is doing her best to fill that up as best as she possibly can. Lots of supers on this colony as well. They are working really, really hard to give us the best spring crop possible. They're working around the Himalayan balsam. That's already out now. We've got bramble out, lime's coming into flower. All we need is the weather to keep things going here.