First hive inspection in 2 months or so. Looks like they are still
alive! I think most of the comb on the outside of the hive is empty...
Hard to tell since I can't take out the frames without lots of
destruction, due to the frames being spaced out (I bought the hive like
that... Didn't know until I got it home and opened). I love these bees
though, and they apparently don't mind me much when I poke around in
there.
Don't ever put the lid on without filling up the hive body with frames!!!
I added a new deep hive body on top with 10 frames of foundation. I want to encourage them to move out of that filled body ASAP because it's really hard for me to tell what's going on inside, and I don't want them to swarm. Have to get them out of this hive box so I can clean it out. Makes me sad that I can't pull out frames and look!
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