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I thought small cell meant natural cell size. He gave me a deep langs frame full of honey that was foundationless so guess he has them in langs also. But I did get 2 frames for my TBH.

He's a pretty neat guy....would love to see one of his yards of TBHs.

So, my wife decided to work in the bee yard this morning sans protective veil or gloves . . . or smoker.

Personally, I prefer wearing a veil and no gloves, but consider both of those as optional equipment, a smoker in my opinion isn't optional, but a must. Honestly, sounds like she got off pretty easy, that could have gotten real ugly.

My tower consist of two 5 frame deeps and two shallow honey supers. When the spring honey flow is over I plan to add another 5 frame deep and split one off when it is full. As I said they seem to build up faster in this tower configuration.


Steve

It is most likely stress. An anti-histamine would likely help.

The thought about feeding is also a concern and have stopped feeding. Thanks for the comment, Buzzbee

So, my wife decided to work in the bee yard this morning sans protective veil or gloves . . . or smoker. She said it would have been fine if she'd just stuck to what she'd planned to do which was to remove the top feeder. But she couldn't resist the urge to look at a couple of frames. BAM! She got stung on the ring finger of her right hand and in the middle of her left eye brow. Her dad used to say, "If you can't listen, you have to feel." She said she kept hearing his voice repeating this.

That was about four hours ago. Her finger is a little swollen, and there's some slight swelling around her eye (not much, really). She is complaining of fatigue and upset stomach. Would these two be symptoms of the bee sting? Are there any things we need to be doing to treat her? I will say, she HATES to take medicine.

Interesting idea, how many deeps have you installed ? In my "tower" which consists of 1 5-frame deep and 2 shallows ( for now ) i notice difficulty in development. The brood development in the shallows seem not perfect. Queen do not use all the frame to lay. More deeps are necessary for brood. So you can easily separate this hive and have the nucs made ready to sell. Did you notice to what level of the tower queen lays ? 2-3-4 floor ? In other words how far from the entrance ?

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