Had a look at 3 I have at the bottom of the garden which I hope to move to the association apiary at the weekend as part of the queen rearing programme. All are strong now, one with 9 frames of brood and two with 7. I gave these ones supers a week ago. I marked and clipped a couple of queens. All had good stores and one had put a bit in the super. I removed a few frames and replaced them with drawn comb. These are possibly the best 3 colonies I have and I am a ...