I pulled out my bottom board under the screen today and found that
there were wax cappings both right and left front on the board, in
other words, below the last frames near the walls of the super. Can I
take this as an indication that my bees are eating supplies from the
outside frames? The temperature was in the high 40's today. I last
cleaned the board three days ago, and found the same thing-wax below
the outside frames. My hive feels heavy to me, but I am concerned
that the bees are hungry, because they've been up at the tops for a
number of weeks. I am feeding 1/1 sugar syrup, since it seems warm
enough inside the hive so it doesn't freeze, and warm enough every
few days for the bees to fly. Am I doing the right thing?

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