Long live the queen!

My honeybee colony is thriving and I finally found the queen in the mess of bees inside the hive. At one point, I thought she was dead. But, it turned out that her paint mark wore off and she was hidden among the ten thousand workers on the comb. I should have known she was there because there is plenty of brood in many of the combs. The bees have been in the hive for about 3 weeks and already have 8 or 9 combs built. They bring big loads of pollen into the hive each day, but I don't see too much stored. All of the developing brood must be eating like crazy. There is a bit of nectar being stored, so I suspect we'll be able to take honey out in a month or two.

Just a quick update for all you interested in my new hobby.

-Mike