Down in Mathews to visit family and couldn't resist checking in on the bees since the weather was so warm. Lots of activity at the hive for late November and it looks like everything is ok. I noticed something that looked like a large beetle (or maybe a roach) in the hive feeder. There were also several bees there as well. The inner cover was pretty dry and mold free. Dad had used Popsicle sticks under the telescoping cover to shim it up just a bit after noticing lots of water and some mold the last time he checked it a few weeks ago. I meant to put some feed in the troughs, but decided against it as the few frames I lifted up were pretty heavy. I only took out one outside frame in the top box. The bees had drawn it out much more than I remember and it was getting capped at the top and had lots of uncapped liquid nectar at the bottom. I'm not sure where the bees were getting this stuff... it could be the feed that was in the trough previously. A quick peek down inside the other frames showed a fair amount of activity, but the bees seemed to be moving much slower than back in the summer... Also, they were very tame. Below are a couple pictures.
Frame full of nectar starting to get capped
Close up of previous picture
Back side of the same frame
Close up of previous picture
Forager loaded with pollen
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