I checked on the hive yesterday. It is doing well. Very vigorous. I didn't see any hive beetle.
Good honey stores, so I don't think I will need to feed them.
They have moved up into the 4th super, so that means the population is expanding. I saw a lot of capped brood in the 3rd super, so I am well on my way towards a large population. Worried about swarming now, but realistically I'm not going to try and prevent it. Too much work and checking. Now if my dad comes up and convinces me that I need to do a split and that the split needs to become his property, well he can probably convince me of it.
Of course, another problem will be if the queen starts laying eggs in the 4th super. That would be bad. I would merely end up with the world's largest beehive, and no actual honey to harvest. I've been burned by the queen excluder before and I don't feel like using it.
I do have a 5th super that does not have drawn out comb, that is on the ready.
Oh yeah, need to get those epi-pens.
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