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