Yesterday I opened up the hive to check the frames and administer the 3rd and final dusting of Tetra Bee. In the lower deep, 9 frames are fully drawn into comb. There is not as yet any activity in the upper deep. The ladies have been busy with propolis, however, as I needed to put new aluminum foil under the menthol crystals as the old tore apart when I removed it because it was so gummed up. The brood pattern looks good as several frames have larvae and capped brood. Several empty cells show were pupae have hatched. The end frames are full of eggs. I also observed numerous drone cells. Again, the girls were very gentle and I was not stung even though I dropped the inner cover. Do'h!
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