Today Dad went and did a quick check of the hives after speaking to an apiary about queens. They believe that the queen in hive 1 is just not ready to lay eggs. Well after looking at a few frames, Dad could still not find a queen or see any signs of eggs......... Hmmmm............. So Dad needed to check in on hive 2. When he opened up the hive he could see lots of drawn out comb. The bees are pretty much working really good on 3 frames. There seemed to be little workers on all frames though! Dad decided to pull one frame out to inspect......all of a sudden............he saw the queen!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yep-she has silver on her head, and she is very different than the others..... Once Dad saw her, he decided to close the hive back up and let them work..........
The queen is seen below... She is longer and has the silverish/white spot on her head........
More bees filling up honeycomb with pollen and the sugar water
A Day of Work............... 
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