the bees are backfilling nectar in the nest frames even though they have ten empty frames on top of this box.....the are not drawing comb on the new frames............does that clear it up?
Some hives just take longer to start working the box above. I wouldn't be too concerned unless you can't see any eggs. If that's the case, there may be a problem with the queen.
this hive is over a year old....... I cut out of house last year and they filled all ten frames last year and never went up last year so I went to just 1 box for winter. I see larva....Im to blind to see eggs......this hive is also the hive I have posted on the main board about being so mean.
I would address things by getting rid of those combs with 50% drone cells in them and get them to draw out some new worker combs, do this as soon as all the brood hatches out of them. John
Take the second frame in from each side of the box w/ the drawn comb and replace them w/ frames of foundation from the other box, putting the two drawn comb frames in the upper box in the middle of the upper box, w/ a frame of foundation between them.
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