I wanted to check the hive mostly to see evidence of a queen and saw capped brood and I think some open in the upper deep.
I never made it down to the bottom deep. There were lots of bees everywhere in both deeps.
The super was still being worked on in terms of building comb. I didn't have ten frames with comb so they had work to do on some empty frames...consequently there wasn't much honey there at all. I do hope they can fill at least a few frames in the next month so I get some honey for myself. It looks like they will have enough in the upper deep for themselves.
I think I will make up some sugar water to help them build comb faster.
Things seem good.
I've decided to help insulate this winter using baled straw that I can then use in the garden in the spring.
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