What a difference a week makes! This inspection was such a joy compared to the stressful May 19th correction. The bees were super calm the entire time, completely focused on their work, barely paying attention to us at all. That calm energy tells you everything about a healthy, queenright colony.
Queen spotted again on Frame 2, one of the frames I moved to the center last week. This is exactly what we hoped for, she immediately accepted the new central position and started laying there right away. You can clearly see fresh new brood on the frames that were moved to the center, proof that the rotation worked perfectly!
Also destroyed the practice queen cells they had been building. Since the queen is healthy and actively laying these were definitely just boredom or practice cells, not a real swarm or supersedure attempt. Removed them to keep the colony focused on building up the brood nest.
Moved the 8th frame closer to the brood area to give the colony even more expansion room. Gave them a light 1:1 sugar water top-up on the top feeder, just enough to encourage some comb drawing without overdoing it like before!
