Post Mortem

It took me a while, but here are the pix of the last 10 bars in the hive. They begin from the center, at the entrance, and go to the end of the hive.

1. Most of the comb is dark because it's brood. Since it's reused, it keeps getting darker. The bees are dead, but they stick to the comb. It's like a freeze frame - very strange.

2. Very similar to first; orange at center left is probably brood that didn't hatch.

3. Ditto; near the top you can see the bees head first in cells.

4. Ditto; but then things start changing...

5. Less brood; more honey cells (light color)

6. This broke when I moved it; it was stuck to the side. The brood cells on the left are for drones. 6.7 mm vs. 5.4 mm, which most of the cells are.