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I captured these bees as a swarm on April 9th so they have been in that hive box for almost ten weeks. I put on the second box around three weeks ago because they had just about filled seven of the ten frames in the bottom box and I was going to be gone for a couple weeks. I didn't want them to run out of room and start thinking about swarming while I was gone so I went ahead and put the second box on a bit early. So far, I am really happy with these bees. Since it is my first hive, I have no idea how much they should have accomplished by this point, but they seem pretty industrious to me!
I captured these bees as a swarm on April 9th so they have been in that hive box for almost ten weeks. I put on the second box around three weeks ago because they had just about filled seven of the ten frames in the bottom box and I was going to be gone for a couple weeks. I didn't want them to run out of room and start thinking about swarming while I was gone so I went ahead and put the second box on a bit early. So far, I am really happy with these bees. Since it is my first hive, I have no idea how much they should have accomplished by this point, but they seem pretty industrious to me!