Because the population had diminished, I removed the top brood box. I selected frames with no comb or the least nectar/honey/pollen and removed them, combining the remaining frames in a single box. There was one frame that had some capped drone cells, so it seems another worker has started laying. I removed that frame as well. I leaned it against the bridge while I checked the honey production in #2 and 3. (There is still room in the supers for more honey.) When I went to put things away I discovered a cloud of bees around the frame, eating the nectar and honey.
Capped drone cells in middle and feeding bees at the ends |
This is from later on. The bees have chewed open and eaten all the capped honey on the frame.
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