Its been a couple of days since I visited the hive.
Today the area around the hive looks good. Did not see any ants or other pests. That could be because of the amount of rain we received in the last few days.
Hive activity seems to be about normal. The bees now are using all of the front entrance area to enter/exit the hive.
There are alot of bees bringing in pollen!
I checked on the empty jar I put in the top super. So far no comb building going on in it. I think I will use some of the burr comb and melt it and apply it to the inside area of the jar to draw in the bees so they will build comb.
This coming wednesday is the day for the bees to be "sugar dusted". This should be the last consecutive week that I do that. Then I will do monthly or bi-monthly "dusting" depending on the number of varroa mites.
I am trying to finish building a frame holder that sits above the hive so its easier to photograph.
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