Opened Hive A and all looks well even though I didn't find the queen. Did find larvae, both capped and not, so if she's gone it hasn't been long. They had finished the last syrup I gave them and had most of their frames drawn out so I pulled the syrup.
Opened Hive B and all still looks great! Probably a full 5 frames drawn out. They had also finished their syrup but I wanted to replace the top feeder with an inverted pail feeder inside a large hive body. I'm thinking this will cut down on my ants and other insects (roaches, unknown beetle) trying to rob from the top feeder. I made the large body that went around the new feeder. My second piece of carpentry on the hives! (first was the shallow body surrounding the top feeder I'm removing.) Hive B has capped brood and is well on its way.
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