Day 34

I just fed both hives again! Hard to tell whether they are getting lazy or really need it. That's 4 days for the porch and 7 days for the yard. Both feeders were bone dry. (Where does that expression come from?) I waited til this morning for the yard because they were too active yesterday. The feeder area was empty so it was easy. I did the porch an hour ago and the area was full of bees. They didn't seem to mind. I removed a few dead bees - some of them still think this is an exit. I tossed the feeder out the window again with bees on it. Others just flew out. There was only one in the porch and I got it to crawl onto the brush and flicked it out the window. Colum Ceil (the fat old cat) was on the floor snoozing and wasn't bothered at all.

They continue to chain and build more wax. No luck yet seeing the queen or emerging new bees, but I'll keep looking. There are a lot more bees in both hives, so the numbers must be increasing. Even though they are using the feeders heavily, there is a lot of foraging.

Sugar usage calculates to 15 lbs so far.