As to an update to my honeybees, I went into my hive with Gertrudabelle M.I.A last week so I put a frame of brood from another hive in it, in the hopes that the hive would raise itself a new queen.

Well I checked on it yesterday and the bees are good little mothers/sisters and raised the eggs into regular brood. *sigh* But, two frames over I found two queen cells clinging to the bottom of the frame, stuffed full with Royal Jelly, which means they are raising a new Queen. Good little bees. It also means that if I hadn’t interfered, they would have replaced the Queen and I wouldn’t have even known about it. Funny how the bees seem to know what’s best for them eh?

Also, I’ve named all the hives but one and I need your help naming them. I name them Queenly names and I try to have the first letter of their name be something I can remember to do with their placement. For example, I have a hive named Lucy, because she is to the Left of two hives. And Rapunzle is to the Right.

So I have my big hive that I started last year I named Gertrudabelle. My weak hive right now is called Wilheimina.

My hive at the community garden needs a name. And I would like it to start with “C” I think.

Any ideas?