Birth of a honey bee and the QUEEN

Today marked the one month bee-versary of getting our hive. Our hive dive was quite productive and good thing because there was a heat wave in effect (no joke) so we had to work reasonably fast for fear of heat stroke. We saw eggs, new brood and a bee birth! Video and silly commentary provided: 

We also found the queen on one of the newly drawn out frames. Every year the queens are marked with a different color paint. This year is glowstick yellow! Check out her majesty, towards the center of the photo. Notice her elongated abdomen and smaller wings. The yellow dot on her back also helps to see her amongst the other bees.