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I caught a swarm June 19th. They only had three frames drawn out last week starting on their fourth and fith frames. I know we are in a draught so I fed them 1:1 syrup. The top feeder holds about a gallon and a half. Today it's gone and I looked to see how they were doing. Not much progress at all except most of the frames were filled in with syrup not leaving much room for the queen to lay. I gave them a frame of capped brood. My thoughts are that the brood would hatch out giving her room to lay. I was thinking about not putting syrup back on them. Is my thinking correct? I have seen the Queen, there are eggs, larvae and capped brood. (Before adding the frame) Also they are in one deep box with ten frames rite cell foundation from Mann Lake. Thanks Hoss