July 2, 2014:
Today I went out to do a quick check of the honey super, to see how far they've gotten. There were massive thunderstorms predicted, and I wanted to go out and take out the stick I had put under the cover to prop it up and provide ventilation in the hot hot days.
While I was there I pulled out a few frames from the honey super--and yay! They're starting to lay in the honey! None of the honey cells are capped yet, but there's a lot of honey stored already.
One thing, though: the bees really really don't like being disturbed on a cloudy blustery day. They were mad for a long time after I was there, even though I hardly opened the hive at all. Silly bees. I went out 1/2 hour later to work in the garden, and even then there were a couple of guard bees that chased me inside.
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