The new feeder is working ok... but still leaves something to be desired. The idea with this one was to have more sugar water available and the trough would allow more bees to get access to the food. But, the feeder trough fills up and tends to spill out when moved. I'll probably get one of the box type hive top feeders. Anyway, the hive is still doing well. The bees are almost done with one side of the frame #2 and just starting a little corner of frame #8. Frames #1 and 10 are still untouched. The books say to add the second deep hive body after the 7th frame is fully drawn out. Will have to keep a close eye on this.
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Note that the queen was on the third frame. Ironically, she's crawling across the frame laying eggs just as I'm saying "I didn't check this frame".
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