12th

Warm and sunny with bees flying. Cleaned all 10 frames in each hive. Still need to clean bases and to add another deep frame with foundation. Will replace some older brood frames in coming weeks. No sign of any disease in either colony.

Hive L: This hive has fewer bees than Hive R. Queen found and colony laying well. Destroyed early signs of a queen cell and some of the sealed drone cells.

Hive R: No queen found but colony laying well. Destroyed some capped drone cells. Some nectar beginning to be collected (more bees in colony?).