Ouch.

[beetiger]

I was trying to be all Zen about the hive inspection. But when I took the sugar syrup feeder off the top of the hive, I apparently didn't notice the two center frames stuck to it until they fell to the ground. Hard. And apparently I didn't do nearly as good a job securing my bee jacket as last time, either.

Now I have about two dozen stings on my stomach and neck, and am again left hoping I didn't smash the queen on the ground, and I probably smushed a bunch more bees when I threw the lid on and ran away. I did get a chance to see that they hadn't touched the outermost frames yet, so they don't need the next deep super right now. So that's something.

So I'm taking Benadyl and ibuprofen, feeling sore and itchy and very very disappointed with how this went. As long as they look like they are foraging normally from the outside of the hive, I'll leave them alone for a week or two, and hope for the best.

Sigh.

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[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Owtch! You're a brave soul.