This month, Jared went out of town for a few weeks and wasn't able to watch the bees, so we set up different times that each of us would show up and feed the bees. I learned how to make sugar water for the bees to eat for now, and roughly how much they should consume in two days. I also learned that the best time to approach the hive is when it's cooler out, so early mornings and late afternoons would be a good time to go feed them.
When I went in to feed them on my turn, I opened the box and realized that the bees were building the comb in the wrong direction! We asked Howie (the man who helped us build the boxes) why they weren't building the comb on the frames, and he said it's because there is too much space that need to filled with more frames, so we have to work on filling that space and making sure the comb starts building right.
We also discussed how we were going to transition the bees over to the school and I made a list of things that need to be done before we can take the bees into the outdoor classroom. After discussing the situation with Mr. Bollinger, he gave us the essential conditions that need to be met in order to put the bees behind the school.
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