The highlights of an inspection of a Gold Star Top Bar Hive, ending with a “mid-season shift”.

This video includes labelled pics of drone brood, worker brood, drones, eggs, larvae, a queen, and a travel hole made by the bees through their comb.

Photos by Bill Kiggen. Inspection took place at Gold Star Global Headquarters in Bath, Maine - done by Christy Hemenway, company founder and author of “The Thinking Beekeeper.”

Thanks to Lady Antebellum for the accompanying tune - American Honey. All copyright belongs to the artist.