Honey flow and a lot more comb

The last time I had checked this hive the comb on one side of this bar was not following the center line of the bar and had, instead, veered off course and attached to the neighboring bar.   This isn't good, because any time I check the bar the comb gets torn.  To correct to this problem, I cut out the crooked comb with a knife and shaped wax at the base to encourage the bees to rebuild the comb in a straight line.  Note the new white colored comb being built on the left side of the the comb in this photograph.  The rebuilt portion of this comb is now coming in straight and will soon be fully attached to the older comb. 

The comb on this bar is now nearly full size.  Quite a thing to see. 

Brood comb.  Note the larva developing in the cells on the left and the capped cells on the right.  The cells in the center are in the process of being capped.  Pretty cool. 

New comb being built on an open bar in the hive next to the other combs.  The soft newly built comb can be seen on the left side of this photograph, but there is currently no comb to the right.  What you are seeing on that side is the bees linking their legs together and forming a chain or rope.  This is called festooning, which bees do when they build comb. 

Black Locust in bloom. 

Honeysuckle. 

 For the last few days the bees have been in a frenzy collecting honey and pollen.  If they weren't converting the so much of the food they're collecting into wax comb, I'd consider this a honey flow.  At this time next year, though, if they survive the winter, they will have most of their comb built, so I probably will see a lot honey.  Right now two of the major sources of nectar appear to be the Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) and Honeysuckle (Lonicera sp.).