I opened the Reach Center hive today. It was a warm day with no breeze. The bees are active with many newly emerged adults.

These bees have their comb running the proper direction along the top bars, but some comb spans bars, making examination difficult. The baffle at the end of the space I'd given them had comb attached.

I removed that comb, and many covered it. I gently brushed them off, added more top bars, then tried to get as many bees as possible back into the hive.

Many of the bees outside spaced themselves and began fanning--quite a site. I assumed they were just performing their duties, but Karen read that they'll fan when young adult workers are "displaced" as mine were, in order to get the scent of the hive into the air to help those young bees orient themselves and find the hive successfully.

The comb I removed was a small brood comb. I noticed that the laying pattern seemed to be older on the outer edges getting younger going to the center. There were emerging adults on the outer edge.

Such beauty in architecture and purpose.