Checked on the queen today. Didn't see her but there was definitely baby bees is the c shape of approximately 6 day old 4th instar larvae. I also saw some eggs that would be around 1 day old on another frame. So she is busy laying and building her brood. Mostly in a nice pattern, but disrupted a little right now by the early filling of comb with sugar solution.
The bees were super chill. I didn't use smoke as I pulled out every frame. Then I switched out the front boardman feeder with my homemade 6-jar feeder that sits in the inner cover. The feeder has mesh so the bees can get from the inner cover out to the jars but not into the empty boxes that are protecting the glassware. This means I can switch them out hassle free. I can also add 1 to 6 jars depending on how much sugar solution I make. We moved away from using the boardman feeder because it was dripping on the path and attracting ants. With the boardman gone, I also removed the block of wood I had set up to protect and limit the entrance. Now I have the entrance reducer in on the smallest setting.
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