Didn't take any pictures.
The bees are doing well. Gave them more honey but didn't go into occupied area of the hive. There were bees in the feeding chamber and they paid very little attention to me. Saw a fair amount of traffic at the entrance holes. Full pollen baskets coming in. Bees are on something that is giving them a grey/blue pollen. Very cool.
Also saw my first Small Hive Beetle in the feeding chamber. Not my very first mind you as I lost 4 hives to them last fall. But the first with the new colonies. Crushed it with my finger.
I hope this isn't a harbinger of the future. I'm still hoping that part of my problem last year was that the barrel hives and the frames I used in the Langstroth boxes just allowed the beetles far to many places to hide.
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