Ok, so I can't do arithmetic anymore. Day 22 was actually day 24. Fed the porch again yesterday (7th time) and yard on the 17th (6th time). Feeding is getting easy. I put on the protective gear but didn't need it. I took the screen out, took the empty feeder out, with a number of bees on it, shook them out the window and only had one left inside. It crawled on the glove and I moved her outside. Very easy.
Both hives are up to about 10 full bars of wax - much easier given that they started with the old bars. Lots of brood and honey cells. I can just see some from the edge. The queen must be on the window side sometime, so I hope to see her some day.
June 2 is the 6 week mark where they should not need any more feeding.
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