Taking a stand

G - l'ange en blanc

After what happened to the Star, the fact that the Moon wasn't straight, but also slightly on the wonk, troubled me. This trouble increased when G-Force mentioned again that when he went to check up on the hives, the Moon was definitely leaning to one side. I really didn't want another incident like the Starfall. G was once again most helpful and agreed to help me shift the Moon onto firmer foundations of stone, rather than the dodgy hive stands (could almost get Biblical here: the bees that built on stand were swept away by the storm, but those that built on rock remained unshaken!).

The old stand is definitely askew when compared to the hive now

The bees were none too pleased about being disrupted again and came out in force, stingers pointed. This time we were both properly equipped and not many penetrated the veil or the welly-suit-leather glove barrier. The most tricky part was after having spread supers and brood box out, to get the new stand sufficiently level for it to be stable. With many a wood wedge, we managed a tolerable result and reassembled the hive again, just a few inches back from the original location. It is now definitely straighter than it was and hopefully more stable, too.

A bee desperate to get captured on film, possibly to prove that bees can have wasp waists, too;
they always show an undue interest in the camera, sometimes making taking photos almost impossible.

ERRATUM: In my last post I wrote that G received 7 stings to his ankle. Today I was told it was more like 10, although neither one of us counted precisely.