October 1st

In the 1st cut, there's a bee hanging on with one leg to one of the entrance corks while they use the rest of them to collect the pollen from it's body to it's pollen sacks on their back legs.

In the second cut you see two drones head out for a fly.

The colony looks to be really full of vigour after watching them today, which has helped me decide not to go opening up and checking on them. There's been some concerning observations over the last two weeks, with what could be Chilled Brood and the appearance of wax moth larvae. Some more info over on Flickr - www.flickr.com/photos/jaywoo/8037501435/ - & - www.flickr.com/photos/jaywoo/8037510530/