[AlWheat]

I opened the hives the other day and did a small inspection, first hive lots of bees, pollen sacs loaded, seems to be very happy…Second hive had 4 frames that had 0 activity on them and mouldy dead bees ( about 12 of them ) there seemed to be lots of liquid in these 4 frames but I had left them with a top feeder full of 1:1 sugar water 7 days before that. , and the other 6 frames seemed active. I scraped out lots of dead bees from both hives and a good load of frass on the bottom boards. has anyone had mouldy fuzzy bees before? could this be winter condensation?

 

[spencer]

That happens often in the winter. It's no big deal. As the hive grows stronger the bees will clean all that up for you.

 

[AlWheat]

Even the mouldy fuzzy bees? This part worried me, and with no bees using those frames, do I put in a new foundation or will the girls just clean everything up and use the drawn comb?