I got through my list over my lunch hour....no stings! Yeah!
Hive 1 - I removed 3 frames to extract and then consolidated the rest into one super which I will leave on the hive until they either empty it or fill it up. I expect them to empty it but the upper deep seems to be full too so there should be enough food to last them through the winter.
Hive 2 - I did nothing with them today. I added more fumicilian to syrup and added that yesterday.
Hive 3 - I removed the jar of sugar syrup which they hadn't finished and moved that to a tree stump well away from the hive. Then I added new syrup to a top hive feeder. I added a 3 frames to the upper deep to fill in where the jar was. Then I moved this hive about a foot closer to Hive 1.
I will go into hives again on Friday or another lunch to take a good look at the deeps in Hive 2 and make sure they are looking ok, do a little of comb cleanout too.
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