Hy Mary
Nice t o meet you in this chat.!
Well I have to admit: 2 days after I took the foto of my hives that I posted, the left one swarmed - it was a big swarm sitting on a tree out of reach.
So we had to let him go 
I took away the flowsuper and had to reduce them to one broodbox
Unfortunately the young queen had an accident or what ever - the colony got dronebrooding (I am translating intuitively because my dictionary has no idea)
I swept off all the frames and bougth a new queen, but she was not accepted, so we had to dissolve the Colony 
Rhigt now I am doing the varroatreatment hoping that the bees will survive the winter
But still I absolutely enjoy beekeeping and hope you do as well
Good luck with your girls !
Greeting Maria
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Thank you! Iām glad to see I helped someone - youāre brave! Iām just a first-year beekeeper yāknow!
Thatās a HUGE swarm, Maria! What a shame to lose itā¦something I dread,
but something I also know that I am not prepared to deal with today if it happens.
Iām going into my hives this weekend to check on harvest-readiness, and
also to do mite testing. Iāll try to post some photos.
Good luckā¦all we can do is keep learning!
mb