North hive: Boxes 1-3 are full of brood. Box 4 is full of capped honey. Box 5 was added two weeks ago and as of last Friday (August 17th) they had not started building comb in it yet.
South Hive 1 (from package): Boxes 1 and 2 are full of brood. Box 3 has 6 of 10 frames drawn and queen is laying in the new wax. There are some stores on the tops and edges of frames but nothing significant. I will monitor for the next couple weeks and start feeding heavy syrup if the fall flow doesn't have them putting on the pounds.
South Hive 2 (from swarm): almost identical to South Hive 1 but with slightly fewer bees and more stores.
South Hive 3 (OQP Queen in 6 frame Medium Nuc): 4 of 6 frames are partially drawn and queen is laying. They take syrup very slowly. I will try and make a top feeder for them this weekend if I have time. I am concerned that they will not build up enough stores for the winter.
East Hive (from swarm): First box is finally full. Added second box. Hoping they can build up some stores for winter.
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