Checked hill hive for expansion into medium super. They've drawn comb and there are eggs and larvae on the medium frames. However, there is still lots of room for them to expand. I'll feed them a couple times over the next week or so to help them pull the rest of those frames and get some food stores going into summer.
The pink hive is active in the honey super, but they haven't drawn much comb up there. Also they continue to draw burr comb under the queen excluder. It's becoming increasingly clear that the honey super went on too late in the season and that they're not inclined to put a lot of work into that 2nd medium. I'll leave it on until at least one more inspection at which point I may pull the honey super off and get it stored. Also, in this hive I checked the deep frames where I'd seem possible swarm cells going in over a week ago. None of these appear to be used and remain open. Will continue to monitor for indications of swarming. Lastly, there were a moderate to low number of beetles in this hive, so I added back a beetle blaster with some oil. Hopefully that'll help the bees keep the beetles under control.
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