Stopped by the local honey stand in downtown Mathews Va today and had a nice chat with Billy of Billy's Bees. He mentioned that at this late date in the season it is unlikely the bees will be drawing out much more comb. Unfortunately, since the supersedure, I probably have as much drawn comb as I'm going to get.
When I got to the hive and used some smoke I thought things would go normally. However, when I pried the telescopic and top cover off the hive, I noticed the bees buzzing quite loud. They started flying around me unlike any time in the past. I am thinking some of the brand new bees are the product of some cranky drones. At any rate, the outer four frames still appeared to be untouched. But I was nervous enough that I didn't do an inspection of the inner (brood) frames. I'll probably have to come back to this sometime soon. Needless to say, I'll be bringing long pants and a long sleeve shirt next time. There did appear to be quite a few bees working the hive.. so hopefully things are on the upswing.
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