5/19
I've been reading a book called The Beekeeper's Handbook. David and I noticed last year bunches of bees "holding hands." It was fascinating but we had no idea what they were doing. I read tonight that it's called festooning. Bees apparently festoon when they are engorged with honey and producing a lot of wax from their special wax glands, although this picture I found on flickr doesn't seem to have anything to do with wax. It looks like they are trying to bridge the gap between the two frames. I also found some beekeepers talking about festooning on the outside of the hive in the context of overcrowded hives.
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