I've been lame. I'll be lame again.

So it's been almost a year since I posted anything. But things did happen.
In order:

• Small Hive Beetles (SHB) were getting thicker and I started seeing signs of Deformed Wing Virus (DWV). I was using AJ's Beetle Eaters on both hives and they had been pretty successful. Levels of SHB weren't too high and I wasn't seeing any mites (Varroa destructor), the likely vector for DWV.
  
• Finally got my first inspection. Two weeks before I had opened the hives and the SHB were in both but not quite pervasive. When we opened them for the inspection there must have been two dozen on just the inner cover of one hive. Both were thick with the beetles and we found many mites. He recommended that I immediately treat the hives or I'd lose them. We began treatment with that inspection.
• We have honey! At the time of the inspection, one of the hives had a honey super almost full. I pulled the super and froze the frames. They're still in the freezer as I type this, but I hope to Crush & Strain them this weekend.
• Pulling treatment off. After the prescribed time, I pulled the treatments out of the hives. In the hive that had the most beetles before treatment I didn't find one beetle or mite. In the other I found one beetle and no mites. Since that time I've found no more than two beetles at a time in either hive.
• Stings: Both 5 & 6 were from crushing bees between my fingers while moving frames around. On the last one, the pain was gone before I finished working the bees and I forgot about it. About 3 days later my finger started to itch right where the sting had been. Itched for a couple days.

I've got some photos during my "down time" and I'll post them soon.