With the weather being so warm, it made sense to check the hive and do
some maintenance. I've read that it's a good idea to switch the upper
and lower hive bodies in spring to encourage the queen to start moving
into the less occupied. I also decided to add a queen excluder and
honey super.... although it might have been a bit premature. Some pictures below show the frames as I went through the box.
One frame from the top box without too much going on.
A frame close to the edge of the box.
A frame with a decent brood pattern, looks like the center eggs have hatched recently. Capped honey in the upper corners.
Some interesting wax being built on the bottom of this frame. Doesn't look like queen cups though.
Close up of some capped brood.
Fairly new comb with what looks like drone cells.
A peek down into the lower brood chamber. There weren't quite as many bees in this box... and definitely not as much brood. The bees definitely were "mostly" in the upper box. I decided to swap the boxes to encourage them to lay more eggs in this box.
Looking through the frames in the lower box.
Swapped upper and lower brood chambers..... and a honey super on top
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