Spring swarm still building comb

Our first swarm is still building comb, and fast!  Here are a few frames of beautiful white comb.  As bees walk on the comb over time, the pollen on their feet stain the wax it’s usual yellow color.  This wax hasn’t had enough traffic yet to be pollen stained.  One frame shown has pollen at the top center, and is surrounded by cells of tiny eggs.  The other frame has capped brood, that is larvae which no longer requires hands on care from the workers, and is spinning a cocoon inside to pupate into a worker bee.  This process over time will thicken the comb walls and turn them brown.  This part of the hive is typically low in the hive where brood is raised, not above where honey is stored.  Those combs are also white at first, but will quickly yellow from traffic.

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