It was a hot and humid morning in Austin even at 10:00 a.m. when I opened the hive. The 4th super was filled with bees drawing out comb which was a nice change from last week’s queen excluder mishap.
If this is even possible, the 3rd super seemed even more full of honey. All 8 frames were pretty much full up with only a few areas of capped brood.
I went ahead and moved some of these 3rd super honey frames up into the 4th super to encourage more bees to move up. Plus I’d like to see some brood in the 3rd super instead of all honey.
I ended up going all the way down to the 1st super today because my sticky board used for mite checks had fallen in the bottom board and I couldn’t remove it. I really didn’t want to do this, but I figured I better bite the bullet and just get it done.
The 1st and 2nd supers were mainly brood cells and pollen. There were a lot of open cells which initially had me worried, but a good majority seem to have eggs in them.
This is me with my wife after the hive was put back together. Did I mention it was hot today?
Urban Beekeeping in Austin, Texas 