I slapped a second deep on the hive of the swarm I caught last month. Apparently, they've been building comb like crazy because it was ENTIRELY full. I guess they've had nothing better to do since the rain has kept them in so many days. I should have checked it two weeks ago. Anyway, I'll check this again in two weeks to see if I can get a super on it. It would be nice to get some honey off a new hive. I don't always... some years it is all they can do to fill two deeps before winter.
On the old hive, I was going to pull the super today, but didn't get to it. I'll do it tomorrow after I get back from hauling the youngest daughter to town for a doctor appt. It isn't supposed to rain til Friday, so that should work. I also have to figure out where my hive tool has gone... couldn't find it yesterday, and ended up using my pocket knife, which is somewhat less efficient...
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