On March 12 I populated Olea's hive with a brush or shook swarm from hive #3. I have been watching it through the observation window and it seemed to be doing well. Initially it was fed 1:1 sugar syrup but I removed the feeder at the beginning of this month. I had manipulated comb on March 29 to prevent cross-combing, but other than that Olea's hive had been left alone. Yet I had to look, so I went in yesterday.
The girls had drawn comb out to bar 10 (counting from the entrance). 10 was not completely drawn and was about 2-hands size. On 11 was a thumb sized nub of comb. I switched 10 and 11. There was a small patch of capped brood on 8 and larger patches on 6 and 7. I did not look any further, nor did I see the queen. There was not any honey on the frames I inspected. I added two more top bars with spacers and moved the backboard. I will use spacers with any more added bars.
I also checked the honey super on #2; it was only about 1/2 filled so I did not add a second super.
With great will I resisted the temptation to look into the nuc. It will be 4 weeks in another 8 days.
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