I want to work the original cut plastic frames out of the hive, so I rearranged the brood nest to put them farthest from the front of the hive. Since there are two frames/bars with nectar and capped honey in them at the very back, that's as far as I could move the plastic frames. I also had a partially drawn bar that the bees started working on, so I put that between the plastic frames so the bees would draw it out straight.
When they finish drawing out the new bar and the partially drawn bar, there will be eleven bars of comb. I'd like them to have a couple more before the winter, and with all the bees in the hive now, they should be able to build them out easily, as long as I keep feeding them.
Correct on the drone brood and to keep feeding them. They look really good. You can keep feeding them and take any extra capped bars that they fill and store them in the freezer. You'll have extra capped frames you can give them or a nuc in a pinch.
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