Moving Ahead Slowly

On June 10th, I added a fourth box to Meg since she was about 70% done with the third box. I noticed a lot of burr comb, but didn't have time to take care of it as it started sprinkling in the middle of my inspection.

Jo is still lagging about half done with her second box. I'm just hoping we can build up enough to last through the winter, but worst case, I've got some good drawn comb to start with next year.

On June 20th, I went through all the frames in Meg scraping off burr comb. Overall it wasn't horrible, just a bit of drone comb between boxes except for one frame where the bees had started a second layer parallel to the foundation on one side. After eating a bit myself, I put the honey and brood-filled wax on the top cover for the bees to clean up -- within a couple minutes there were hundreds of girls happily lapping up honey with their cute red tongues!

I stopped feeding Meg as I think the hive has just about stopped taking syrup, but I'll keep feeding Jo since that hive has a long way to go, a much lower population, and seems to still take syrup even if at a lower rate than before. Jo is still only around half done with her second box, so I'll wait a bit longer before adding a third.