# Little Progress? **URL:** \ **Category:** Beekeeping - Basics\ **Created:** [July 9, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/little-progress/37246 "2024-07-09T01:03:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Warrant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/warrant/32/30513_2.png) [@Warrant](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Warrant)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/little-progress/37246/1 "2024-07-09T01:03:20Z")
Hi all, we got a 5 frame nuc a month ago tomorrow. We’ve been feeding sugar water constantly, there is capped brood but not sure about eggs as I did t look that close during our inspection 8 days ago. It dawned on me that it’s been nearly a month and they’ve only built out one out of three empty frames- see pic (it’s in the middle and the empty frames are on the right side- see pic). I added brood booster to the sugar water this week. Any other suggestions or thoughts? Thanks! ![IMG_3546](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/3X/e/1/e151a7d5a42c0cfe933a43248b0af083b27904cc.jpeg) ![IMG_2225](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/3X/9/c/9c9d7b1b78f12be0f4191cf38a046dad51cf3490.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![JeffH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/jeffh/32/7192_2.png) [@JeffH](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/JeffH)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/little-progress/37246/2 "2024-07-09T20:38:00Z")
Hi Shawn, everything is relevant to the number of workers in a colony, also what stage of life they are in, as well as what’s available for the bees to forage on. I think it’s good that you’re feeding, that makes up for any shortage in the wild. It’s just a matter of waiting for the population of workers to build up before we see any significant progress. ---
**Author:** ![Warrant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/warrant/32/30513_2.png) [@Warrant](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Warrant)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/little-progress/37246/3 "2024-07-09T22:17:39Z")
Copy that, makes sense. Thanks very much for the feedback Jeff!