Hi Folks,
 
        I went out to check on the kids the other day and they were fine
as I went thru the top deep in my two high and when I got down to the bottom
one they just seemed to bubble out over the sides and ontop of the frames.
I couldn't get them off to pull out the frames. After a bit more smoke I
could get the first frame out. They didn't seem to be pleased with me...
        One other thing I found and was confused by was I found the begining
of two queen cells on the bottom of a frame and took them off, that's where
they normally go right? I also found the beginings of a queen cup in the middle
of a frame too...they don't belong there, do they? It's a small colony that
I got as a 4 frame nuc a little over a month ago and now they almost have 2
deeps filled out...are they getting ready to swarm or something else?
        There are eggs and larva in all stages and two weeks ago the queen
had 4 new frames of eggs laid in a nice pattern.
 
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