Today's goal was to add a second brood box with 10 Foundation frames to each of the three strong boxes. I pulled drawn comb some with honey from the lower boxes put it in the center of the upper boxes and swapped out those frames. I did not break up The Brood nest with checkerboarding. There are two other boxes that don't have the second brood box on yet I'm still making those up. I did pull one frame of honey and left it to be robbed out because the southeast Hive had no drawn comb that was empty. Oh wait two days and then take that frame of open foundation come and put it back in the Southeast hive.
When I started, I thought,"This will be a year in my life, with bees." I would chronicle all the steps and stages, all the trials and tribulation. It would bee my journal and outlet as well as my record of beekeeping. That was February. Now, on the other side of summer, it's October. One of the hives has been slimed by small hive beetles. The ladies have absconded. Perhaps, by keeping a closer journal, I -- and perhaps you, dear reader -- will learn more about beekeeping in North Florida.
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