On and off showers for the last two days. Haven't bothered any of the hives, it is wise to let them bee (ha,ha) on these days. Most are home, few are out foraging and usually a bit agitated - probably like we are during holidays with the family. Hard to be in close quarters and not doing your usual routine. I will scrap the frames from the hive that died. I save the wax and propolis scrapings, melt it down (be careful) and try to separate the two. I will use this wax to coat the outside of new supers. It is what I did to the Top Bar hive.
Nice time to read Bee Culture and American Bee Journal magazines. They are online too if you are interested. A good book for the Top Bar hive is "The Barefoot Beekeeper" by P.J. Chandler.
Sometimes this can make me crazy- every beekeeper has a different way to care for them. Also, a lot of the information is for commercial beekeepers who have lots of hives and they do a lot of things that I would never need to, such as putting in new queens every two years so honey production is not interrupted by the hive making a new queen or slower brood.
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