Requeeing Adventures

Popped open the buckfast hive for requeening with a more docile Italian. The bees were much calmer than usual, and I went frame by frame noticing capped brood, and open brood. No queen, though. Then I saw a queen cell and unmistakable signs of queenlessness. I popped in the new queen and I'll give them a couple of weeks and see what's what. I was really excited to capture video of the waggle dance, however. With all the blooming fruit trees around here there must be a lot to forage and I saw dancing bees on every frame. I also but a queen excluder and two honey supers on, and am looking forward to the basswood flow in a few weeks.