Bees rally round

I did a quick varroa count when I got in this evening, only two which is very good over two days, long may that level of infestation continue, a big change from last year when there were too many to count!

Couldn't resist the temptation to see what was happening with the brood comb I had put back into the hive last night, then there were very few bees looking after the hatching young. I gently took off the roof and cautiously, (well I didn't have a bee suit on!), lifted the cover board a little bit, the brood comb was smothered with bees, so fingers crossed the young bees will hatch and join the colony, next weekend I'm hoping they will all have hatched and the hive can return to some semblance of order.