
sections of comb placed into shallow frames and held in place with rubber bands

a good-sized piece of brood comb with capped worker cells and many eggs
notice there are no capped larvae anywhere- this colony was missing a queen for a period of time

separating the comb by pulling the blackberry canes outward

although there was much comb, the bees had been able to store only a little bit of honey
this made the job of removing sections of brood comb much easier

Apis labia
wavy layers of comb seen after applying a little bit of smoke
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