Going strong

Temperature: 25C
Weather: Hot and sunny
Stings: None

This was the first visit for two weeks and I was worried about what I would find as I made some big changes last time. Thankfully it kind of looks like what I did worked. Essentially I swapped the two brood boxes around to start the process of getting the bees onto fresh comb. My worry was that the queen would not have enough room to lay as not all the comb I gave them was drawn.
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I'm still a bit worried as the comb is starting to be drawn but it is by no means all done yet. They do have lots of stores though so it shouldn't be too much of a problem for them to draw it. I did see bees in all stages of development, everything from eggs to sealed brood and lots of it. It is going to be a very strong colony very soon.

Upstairs there is not much brood left to emerge and much of the rest has been given over to stores. I have fallen victim to one problem which is that the bees will only use the space they need. They don't draw comb on a whim. I'll keep an eye on them though as I want to get them drawing more comb so they can build up some for next year. I'm down on stores and stocks thanks to a couple of poor years with my bees.