06/11/2026
MEMO TO: The Beekeeper
FROM: The Hive
RE: Space Allocation — Third and Final Notice
This is not our first request. We have submitted our concerns through the proper channels (festooning, backfilling nectar into brood cells, and hive congestion). Since our requests have gone unanswered, we have taken matters into our own hands….and mandibles.
Please advise. 🐝📎
What you’re actually looking at in this video clip👇
This is burr comb — the bees’ way of using every available surface when they’ve run out of real estate. When a colony is strong and a nectar flow is on, they build everywhere — between frames, on the inner cover, across the top bars. It’s not spite. It’s just bees being bees.
And the bright white wax? That’s a great sign. Bees only produce fresh white wax when conditions are ideal — strong population, good nutrition, and an active nectar flow. Wax production is energetically expensive (bees consume roughly 6–8 lbs of honey to produce 1 lb of wax), so when you see white, the colony is thriving.
The lesson? White wax and burr comb together = a happy, booming hive that needs more room — like yesterday. Clearly the Beekeeper missed the ques from the hive on this one. Luckily the hive did not swarm and space was added both in the brood box and a new super for honey production 😂 🍯
