I popped over to dad's house Sunday to take a look at the little swarm hive. Dad has been complaining of bald-faced hornets around the hive, so I had to get the different cover on the hive that will allow him to switch out the sugar jar without having to monkey around with too much equipment.
Overall the hive is weak. They have drawn out about 6 frames, which is about what they had two weeks ago, and two weeks before that. The county bee inspector stopped by last week and came to the same conclusion. Therefore, we must feed.
There is still a nice brood pattern, and about 4 solid frames of brood, but just not a lot of volume. Hopefully those four frames of brood will hatch in the next week or so and give the hive a good chance to take advantage of the fall flow and build up before winter.
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