8-26-11 Hive Check and foundation height increase

With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the east coast, it looked like we should try to make sure the bees didn't get flooded out.  So, we went down to do some work at Beachland and get the bees battened down.  We added several cinder blocks under the hive bottom to raise it up from about 6 inches more than it was before.  We also added a couple cinder blocks on top of the hive to keep it from blowing away.  We added more sugar syrup in the new feeder.  They went through almost a gallon in one day!  The good news is that they are drawing out comb in the top deep hive body like crazy.  Almost two new frames of drawn comb in a week.  They're really going to town.  Didn't have time for pictures this go around.