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It doesn’t take long to discover that brood combs can turn dark as night after just one season while honey combs stay light for many years. What causes this difference? Several reasons are usually given for this phenomenon, but in truth, it is probably a combination of all them that causes brood comb to [...] The thin layer of new wax that bees build over the top of cured (or dried) honey is called capping wax. Although bees cap brood cells one at a time, they cap honey cells in groups. Once an area of comb is ready to cap, the bees may cover many square inches at once. [...] There are many cool things about the structure of a honey comb, but one of the most amazing is the angle of the cells. From the horizontal, each cell lifts between 9 and 14 degrees toward the open end. That is, there is a 9-14 degree rise from the point of attachment at the [...] |
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