Wow! Tonight I refilled the feeder for the bees, and the hive was so full of bees that I kept knocking them off the comb and the sides of the hive as I lifted the feeder and set it back down in the hive. When I took the cover off the hive, one bar was almost completely covered with bees sealing the edges of the bar with propolis (would that be propolising/propolizing?). Next time I feed them, I'm going to have to move the follower board. It doesn't have a good fit (amateur carpentry), but since I have the other end of the hive plugged, it really shouldn't matter.
I think when I move the follower board, I'll insert a couple more blank bars in case they feel like building more comb. Whenever they start on a new bar, you want the new bar to be between two other bars of drawn comb. That way they build it straight and you don't get cross comb.
On another note, there are some trees in Olney on Georgia Ave. that look like they are getting a second bloom. They usually bloom in April, but they have blossoms again. I thought that maybe it was fruit or nuts maturing, but there were petals on the ground under the trees. I'll have to look them up to try to identify them.
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