📝 Discovered honey bound frames from checkerboarding combined with heavy feeding sugar water and stimulants. Stopped all feeding immediately. Possible supercedure cups spotted. New white wax on outer frames shows colony needs more space soon!

📝 First full documented inspection 17 days after NUC transfer. All 5 original frames covered in bees with solid capped brood pattern. Queen clearly laying well from day one. New plastic foundation frames still being drawn out. Colony looks incredibly healthy!

📝 Transfer day! 5-frame NUC moved into the hand-painted BeeHiveCastle Flow Hive in Hayward, CA. First 5 days not documented but within 3 hours of transfer the foragers had already found pollen! The BeeHiveCastle adventure begins! Read the full story on the About My Bees page.