I may have done a bad thing.... For whatever reason my one hive only drew out one side of each frame of the top box, going double deep. Didn't catch it until today, at which point most of it was full of uncured honey. Decided to cut it back to the normal thickness, not realizing the uncured honey would drop down and cover the bottom and middle boxes.
There's now a pool of uncured honey at the bottom of the hive, with oodles of possibly drowning bees. They've also been bearding heavily since making the mess, and all of the ones outside have quite a bit on them. Foragers are coming and going, but often get stuck in the pool.
Time to panic? Remove/replace the the bottom board?
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There's now a pool of uncured honey at the bottom of the hive, with oodles of possibly drowning bees. They've also been bearding heavily since making the mess, and all of the ones outside have quite a bit on them. Foragers are coming and going, but often get stuck in the pool.
Time to panic? Remove/replace the the bottom board?
Pics:



