Yum! Fresh comb honey. We were blessed with all this great comb, but it wasn’t something we had planned.
Here is what happened:
When we caught our fall swarm we needed to give them a few frames with food and brood. So we took 2 frames from an existing hive, but didn’t have any empty frames on hand at the moment. We actually had an order with new frames on the way. So we left 2 frame slots empty and said we would add in 2 frames when they arrived. Fast forward a week and we totally forgot about the empty slots. We went to open the hive and could not get the cover off, it was stuck. Once we finally pried it open we realized what had happened.
The bees had filled up the empty space with new comb that was full of honey! Our first thought was what a big mess, but we decided to take advantage of the situation and carefully gather the comb.
So we turned a sticky mess into a sweet deal.
Beelievable 