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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave D. Cawley | The information on the Internet is only University Of Scranton | interesting to people who are interested Scranton, Pennsylvania | in it. [log in to unmask] | -Scranton Tomorrow Spokeswoman [log in to unmask] | refusing invitation to Internet Cafe's opening ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~