The first hive seems to be doing ok so I just emptied the drone brood frame and put it back in. I am not feeding this hive right now, so I just closed it back up. They are making honey in the super but only a few frames filled at this time. I treated this hive earlier with the Apivar strips for about 6 weeks. I may need to do it again when I take off the super and extract whatever is in there.
The new hive seems good too. There are lots of baby bees, and the frames are filling up nicely with honey, brood and pollen. I saw larvae too so I must have a queen in there. I may add a super to that one in a week or two, and will begin to use the super sizes as deeps on that hive. I need to nurse a tennis elbow. I also added another Apivar strip to this hive. I'll leave them on until mid-September.
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