Beeatrice is still in the overall lead as her bees have already drawn out 3 frames of comb in the second deep, which is pretty good for the first week of June. This makes me feel like we have a good chance at some honey this season, but who knows. While inspecting the frames, I noticed that some of the worker bees seemed to be attached at the hind legs, which concerned me a bit. After a quick google search I learned that that is called "festooning" and it's the practice of interlocking their legs in a chain fashion to help them keep their place while drawing out comb so the comb is drawn out correctly. So crazy.
Queen Latifa is also producing very well. When I opened her hive, it was teeming with worker bees and her egg laying patterns look very solid. I added the second deep to her hive, so we'll check in again in a few weeks.
I also learned how difficult it is to take pictures of the bees with a veil and huge gloves on. Needless to say my camera got covered in sticky nectar.
Sorry I have no tales of massive beestings or bears tearing the hives to pieces this week, but stay tuned I'm sure all of that is just around the corner.
