Frankenhive's Purple Body

Frankenhive as of this Morning

 All the frames came yesterday, so this morning I was able to swap a finished and painted purple bottom body onto Frankenhive.  The bees ended up getting pretty mad because they are all hanging on the inner cover and the fake outer one I had installed.

I tried to move quickly and most of them were okay, but the ones that were on the cover weren't real pleased.  I had a few scary moments having one then two more inside my veil.  I had also tucked in my t-shirt, but not my long sleeve shirt.  I got a glancing sting on my elbow where one had crawled all the way up my shirt and was all the way out in my shirt sleeve.  I must have had about ten more trapped between my two shirts.  I was pretty lucky not to have gotten a serious sting.  My next purchase better be a real bee suit.

I'm a bit concerned that all the new frames I've installed ended up in the bottom hive body.  I need to find out if this will cause a problem with the empty body on the top.

I was also able to install one of my new hive outer covers.  I'm going to paint the other two inside to hopefully reduce condensation and fight mold.  We'll see how it goes.

No wonder it feels like I've got sawdust in my eyes.

 Aaaaaaaaaaand it's about time to clean up the garage.

Bummer