June 29th
I didn't pull any frames out. Just checked that the combs were coming along and straight.
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Six frames had some degree of comb started.
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The population had increased a fair bit, and things were starting to get jammed at the entrance. I moved the entrance reducer a little bit out of the way.
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I also cleared away some of the tall vegitation as it wasn't helping entry.
July 2nd
Still a traffic jam, so I opened up the entrance a bit more.
The nuc had some drone cells when we got it. We elected not to cut them out of this hive. I could see a fair number of them at the entrance. There was also one drone, most likely suffering from deformed wing virus, climbing the grass and flapping its wings trying desperately to fly.
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Not too much pollen at the entrance. Still the bright orange, but also a bright yellow now. I did see a bee close by on clover. Still lots of bees on the mint, and one on what I suspect could be elderberry. I'm guessing the bright yellow pollen is from the lindens. There's a good amount around the hives. I keep looking up at them, but still haven't managed to witness any foraging there.