Checked the Italians today. Saw the queen scurrying about, and four full frames of comb have been drawn. Lots of capped brood and uncapped brood as well. They're still taking sugar syrup so I'll keep the feeder on. I don't know if they'll recover from their rough start and bee losses to make any surplus honey, but I hope they'll be strong enough to gather winter stores. The Buckfast hive is still going great--lots of bees, lots of capped brood, and they're already storing surplus honey. The picture shows my Italian queen.
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