Collapsed Comb Repaired

[David LaFerney]

I know this is probably lame for all the old hands, but I thought it was pretty cool, and it might be encouraging for other noobees like myself.

A few days ago I posted pictures of my collapsed comb repairs, and I just thought that some might be interested to see how it's turning out:

One of the first frames of collapsed comb that I had to re-frame


Only three days later it looked like this:


Already attached and running straight - so far.  When I rubber banded it in the comb was so soft that even being as careful as possible I did a fair amount of damage to it, but the bees got to work and fixed it all up.

There were some other frames that looked a little more lumpy but they were all attached well and expanded somewhat.  It looks to me like that even with the set back they are building about 1/2 frame of comb a day.

I looked pretty hard, but still didn't spot the queen (or eggs) , but I figure that in another 3-5 days I should be able to spot larvae if all is well.

Until then - Fingers crossed.

[Kathyp]

they can do amazing work.  when i do a cut out it's always fun to watch how quickly and how well they fix things.  by the time they are done, most of the time you can't tell the cutout comb from the other.

[David LaFerney]

they can do amazing work.  when i do a cut out it's always fun to watch how quickly and how well they fix things.  by the time they are done, most of the time you can't tell the cutout comb from the other.

Really? I figured that it would always look a little funky at best.  It's amazing how fast it goes.  I guess when you have 10,000 or so dedicated workers you can get a lot done in a hurry.

[Ernest T. Bass]

That's really neat. I always wondered what the "repaired" comb looked like... Thanks for the pics and good luck drawing comb the right way now!